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Genetic polymorphisms in the polycomb group gene EZH2 and the risk of lung cancer.
Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer - 1 Jan 2010
Yoon Kyong-Ah, Gil Hye Jin, Han Jihye, Park Jaehee, Lee Jin Soo
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INTRODUCTION: Polycomb group (PcG) proteins play essential roles in cellular memory systems and as cell cycle regulators by maintaining homeotic genes in their silenced states. EZH1 and EZH2, the human homologues of the Drosophila gene Enhancer of Zeste (E(z)), are defined as PcG proteins and contain a highly conserved motif, called the SET (Su(var)3-9, Enhancer of Zeste, Trithorax) domain, which is required for...
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