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eRF3a/GSPT1 12-GGC allele increases the susceptibility for breast cancer development.
Oncology reports - 1 Jun 2009
Malta-Vacas Joana, Chauvin Celine, Gonçalves Lucilia, Nazaré Antonia, Carvalho Carlos, Monteiro Carolino, Bagrel Denyse, Jean-Jean Olivier, Brito Miguel
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It is now widely recognized that translation factors are involved in cancer development and that components of the translation machinery that are deregulated in cancer cells may become targets for cancer therapy. The eukaryotic Release Factor 3 (eRF3) is a GTPase that associates with eRF1 in a complex that mediates translation termination. eRF3a/GSPT1 first exon contains a (GGC)n expansion coding for proteins...
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