New type of gene that regulates tumor suppressor PTEN identified

Sunday, February 24, 2013 - 13:31 in Biology & Nature

Small stretches of DNA in the human genome are known as "pseudogenes" because, while their sequences are nearly identical to those of various genes, they have long been thought to be non-coding "junk" DNA.

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