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Name Alu
Type somatic mutation
Species Hamster
Tissue kidney
Experiment Method PCR
Up/Down Up
Pro/Anti Pro
Funtion Description Higher numbers of mutated Alu loci were observed in the tumors of old hamsters compared with young hamsters.
Regulation Gene Alu
Year 2004
Pubmed ID 14681315
Title Age, sex and co-exposure to N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea influence mutations in the Alu repeat sequences in diethylstilbestrol-induced kidney tumors in Syrian hamsters.
Drug diethylstilbestrol
Disease kidney tumors
Environment Factors NA
Circulating 1
Variant somatic mutation
High-throughput NA