Tumor suppressor protein also helps establish body patterns in developing embryos

The zebrafish is a popular model system for the study of vertebrate development, A*STAR researchers have used it to investigate the Mcc gene. Credit: kazakovmaksim/iStock/Thinkstock Scientists first identified a gene called 'mutated in colorectal cancer' back in 1991, and yet many questions still remain about the gene's function in both cancer formation and normal tissue development.

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