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Pregnancy-associated plasma protein A regulates mitosis and is epigenetically silenced in breast cancer.
The Journal of pathology - 1 Aug 2014
Loddo Marco, Andryszkiewicz Joanna, Rodriguez-Acebes Sara, Stoeber Kai, Jones Allison, Dafou Dimitra, Apostolidou Sophia, Wollenschlaeger Alex, Widschwendter Martin, Sainsbury Richard, Tudzarova Slavica, Williams Gareth Haydn
Abstract excerpt
Aberrant mitosis is a common feature of cancer, yet little is known about the altered genes causing mitotic defects. We screened human tumours for cells with morphological signatures of highly specific mitotic defects previously assigned to candidate genes in a genome-wide RNA interference screen carried out in HeLa cells (www.mitocheck.org). We discovered a striking enrichment of early mitotic configurations...
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