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5' UTR control of native ERG and of Tmprss2:ERG variants activity in prostate cancer.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Zammarchi Francesca, Boutsalis George, Cartegni Luca
Abstract excerpt
ERG, a member of the ETS transcription factor family, is frequently overexpressed in prostate cancer as a result of its fusion to the androgen-responsive Tmprss2 gene. Different genomic rearrangements and alternative splicing events around the junction region lead to multiple combination of Tmprss2:ERG fusion transcripts that correlate with different tumor aggressiveness, but their specific functions and...
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