Day 117 has 34 protein-coding genes (browser view) including APC (adenomatous polyposis coli).
APC is a tumor suppressor gene – its normal function is to control cell growth. APC is the most commonly mutated gene in colon cancer, and the most common mutation is c.4348C>T, which inserts a premature “stop” signal and destroys the protein.
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