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Genetic Phenomena > Genetic Variation > Mutation > Mutagenesis, Insertional
Investigative Techniques > Genetic Techniques > Genetic Engineering > Protein Engineering > Mutagenesis, Insertional
Genetic Phenomena > Mutagenesis > Mutagenesis, Insertional

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Mutagenesis, Insertional  

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  • Insertional Mutagenesis

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  • Mutagenesis where the mutation is caused by the introduction of foreign DNA sequences into a gene or extragenic sequence. This may occur spontaneously in vivo or be experimentally induced in vivo or in vitro. Proviral DNA insertions into or adjacent to a cellular proto-oncogene can interrupt GENETIC TRANSLATION of the coding sequences or interfere with recognition of regulatory elements and cause unregulated expression of the proto-oncogene resulting in tumor formation.

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