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MiniSOX9, a dominant-negative variant in colon cancer cells.
Oncogene - 2 Jun 2011
Abdel-Samad R, Zalzali H, Rammah C, Giraud J, Naudin C, Dupasquier S, Poulat F, Boizet-Bonhoure B, Lumbroso S, Mouzat K, Bonnans C, Pignodel C, Raynaud P, Fort P, Quittau-Prévostel C, Blache P
Abstract excerpt
Inherited and acquired changes in pre-mRNA processing have significant roles in human diseases, especially cancer. Characterization of aberrantly spliced mRNAs may thus contribute to understand malignant transformation. We recently reported an anti-oncogenic potential for the SOX9 transcription factor in the colon. For instance, the Sox9 gene knock out in the mouse intestine results in an excess of proliferation...
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