DNA Mismatches (IMAGE)

Johns Hopkins Medicine

DNA Mismatches

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Mismatch repair deficiency refers to a characteristic of some cancer cells that create a large number of mutations, or changes, in certain genes when their mismatch repair proteins are unable to correct mistakes made when DNA is copied and passed on to daughter cells.

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Andrew H. Lee

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