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Microsatellites are EWS/FLI response elements: genomic "junk" is EWS/FLI's treasure.
Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.) - 1 Oct 2008
Gangwal Kunal, Lessnick Stephen L
Abstract excerpt
Ewing's sarcoma is a solid tumor of the bone that primarily occurs in children and young adults. Most cases harbor the (11;22) (q24;q12) chromosomal translocation that encodes the EWS/FLI oncoprotein. EWS/FLI is an aberrant ETS-type transcription factor that dysregulates a number of genes important in the development of Ewing's sarcoma. Because EWS/FLI is the key oncoprotein in this tumor and ETS proteins are...
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