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  2. Double minute - Wikipedia

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    Double minutes (DMs) are small fragments of extrachromosomal DNA, which have been observed in a large number of human tumors including breast, lung, ovary, colon, and most notably, neuroblastoma. They are a manifestation of gene amplification as a result of chromothripsis , [ 1 ] during the development of tumors, which give the cells selective ...

  3. Extrachromosomal DNA - Wikipedia

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    Multiple forms of extrachromosomal DNA exist, and, while some of these serve important biological functions, [1] they can also play a role in diseases such as cancer. [2] [3] [4] In prokaryotes, nonviral extrachromosomal DNA is primarily found in plasmids, whereas, in eukaryotes extrachromosomal DNA is primarily found in organelles. [1]

  4. Extrachromosomal circular DNA - Wikipedia

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    Extrachromosomal circular DNA (eccDNA) is a type of double-stranded circular DNA structure that was first discovered in 1964 by Alix Bassel and Yasuo Hotta. [1] In contrast to previously identified circular DNA structures (e.g., bacterial plasmids, mitochondrial DNA, circular bacterial chromosomes, or chloroplast DNA), eccDNA are circular DNA found in the eukaryotic nuclei of plant and animal ...

  5. Oncogenomics - Wikipedia

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    Oncogenomics is a sub-field of genomics that characterizes cancer-associated genes.It focuses on genomic, epigenomic and transcript alterations in cancer. Cancer is a genetic disease caused by accumulation of DNA mutations and epigenetic alterations leading to unrestrained cell proliferation and neoplasm formation.

  6. Myxofibrosarcoma - Wikipedia

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    Most cases of MFS have tumor cells that contain complex chromosome and/or gene abnormalities [7] including ring chromosomes (i.e. chromosome whose ends are fused together to form a ring), double minutes (i.e. small fragments of extrachromosomal DNA), chromosomes with deletions of part of their genetic material, and chromosome translocations (i ...

  7. Gene amplification - Wikipedia

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    In research or diagnosis DNA amplification can be conducted through methods such as: Polymerase chain reaction , an easy, cheap, and reliable way to repeatedly replicate a focused segment of DNA by polymerizing nucleotides, a concept which is applicable to numerous fields in modern biology and related sciences.

  8. This Body Type Is Linked to an Increased Risk of Developing ...

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    Having more fat around your midsection may make you more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease.. A specific type of body fat — visceral fat — around the midsection has been linked to the ...

  9. Plasmid - Wikipedia

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    The term plasmid was coined in 1952 by the American molecular biologist Joshua Lederberg to refer to "any extrachromosomal hereditary determinant." [11] [12] The term's early usage included any bacterial genetic material that exists extrachromosomally for at least part of its replication cycle, but because that description includes bacterial viruses, the notion of plasmid was refined over time ...