The discovery of a gene that is inactivated in stomach cancers illustrates the value of mouse models for finding tumour-suppressor genes that are switched off by mechanisms other than mutation.
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Balmain, A. New-age tumour suppressors. Nature 417, 235–237 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/417235a
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