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BRCA1 as tumor suppressor: lord without its RING?
Breast cancer research : BCR - 10 Apr 2012
Elia Andrew E H, Elledge Stephen J
Abstract excerpt
BRCA1 is a tumor suppressor with critical roles in the maintenance of genomic stability. It encodes a large protein with an amino-terminal RING domain that possesses ubiquitin-ligase activity. Given the occurrence of numerous cancer-causing mutations within its RING domain, investigators have long suspected that BRCA1's ubiquitin ligase is important for its tumor suppression and DNA repair activities. Using...
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