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Chromosomal Control of Reversion in Transformed Cells

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Malignant cell transformation and its reversion are controlled by the balance between two types of chromosomes that determine the expression of malignancy or its suppression. The chromosome groups that contain these types of chromosomes have been identified.

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HITOTSUMACHI, S., RABINOWITZ, Z. & SACHS, L. Chromosomal Control of Reversion in Transformed Cells. Nature 231, 511–514 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/231511a0

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