Telomere dysfunction triggers extensive DNA fragmentation and evolution of complex chromosome abnormalities in human malignant tumors
Gisselsson D, Jonson T, Petersén Å, Strombeck B, Dal Cin P, Hoglund M, Mitelman F, Mertens F and Mandahl N.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 98: 12683-12688 (2001)AbstractAlthough mechanisms for chromosomal instability in tumors have been described in animal and in vitro models, little is known about these processes in man. To explore cytogenetic evolution in human tumors, chromo