Migration of mitochondrial DNA in the nuclear genome of colorectal adenocarcinoma

Abstract Background Colorectal adenocarcinomas are characterized by abnormal mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) copy number and genomic instability, but a molecular interaction between mitochondrial and nuclear genome remains unknown. Here we report the discovery of increased copies of nuclear mtDNA (NUMT) i...

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Main Authors: Vinodh Srinivasainagendra, Michael W. Sandel, Bhupendra Singh, Aishwarya Sundaresan, Ved P. Mooga, Prachi Bajpai, Hemant K. Tiwari, Keshav K. Singh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-03-01
Series:Genome Medicine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13073-017-0420-6