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Long-Range Chromatin Interactions Drive Mutant TERT Promoter Activation.
Cancer discovery - 1 Nov 2016
Akıncılar Semih Can, Khattar Ekta, Boon Priscilla Li Shan, Unal Bilal, Fullwood Melissa Jane, Tergaonkar Vinay
Abstract excerpt
Cancer-specific TERT promoter mutations (-146C>T and -124C>T) have been linked to reactivation of the epigenetically silenced telomerase reverse transcriptase gene (TERT). Understanding how these single-nucleotide alterations drive TERT reactivation is a fundamental unanswered question and is key for making successful therapeutics. We show that unlike wild-type promoters, recruitment of the transcription factor...
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