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Deleted in cancer 1 (DICE1) is an essential protein controlling the topology of the inner mitochondrial membrane in C. elegans.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Sept 2006
Han Sung Min, Lee Tae Hoon, Mun Ji Young, Kim Moon Jeong, Kritikou Ekaterini A, Lee Se-Jin, Han Sung Sik, Hengartner Michael O, Koo Hyeon-Sook
Abstract excerpt
DICE1 (deleted in cancer 1), first identified in human lung carcinoma cell lines, is a candidate tumor suppressor, but the details of its activity remain largely unknown. We have found that RNA interference of its C. elegans homolog (DIC-1) produced inviable embryos with increased apoptosis, cavities in cells and abnormal morphogenesis. In the dic-1(RNAi) germ line, ced-3-dependent apoptosis increased, and cell...
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