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The E6AP ubiquitin ligase is required for transactivation of the hTERT promoter by the human papillomavirus E6 oncoprotein.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 18 Mar 2005
Liu Xuefeng, Yuan Hang, Fu Baojin, Disbrow Gary L, Apolinario Tania, Tomaic Vjekoslav, Kelley Melissa L, Baker Carl C, Huibregtse Jon, Schlegel Richard
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Most human cancer cells display increased telomerase activity that appears to be critical for continued cell proliferation and tumor formation. The E6 protein of malignancy-associated human papillomaviruses increases cellular telomerase in primary human keratinocytes at least partly via transcrip...
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