Mutations in Delta Lead to Tumor Formation (IMAGE)

Carnegie Institution for Science

Mutations in Delta Lead to Tumor Formation

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Mutations that disrupt the Delta protein can cause ISCs to produce many tumor cells (thin arrow, bottom) as well as a few normal enterocytes (thick arrow, top).

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Image used with permission of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Science, February 16, 2007.

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