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CENP-R acts bilaterally as a tumor suppressor and as an oncogene in the two-stage skin carcinogenesis model.
Cancer science - 1 Nov 2017
Okumura Kazuhiro, Kagawa Naoko, Saito Megumi, Yoshizawa Yasuhiro, Munakata Haruka, Isogai Eriko, Fukagawa Tatsuo, Wakabayashi Yuichi
Abstract excerpt
CENP-R is a component of the CENP-O complex, including CENP-O, CENP-P, CENP-Q, CENP-R, and CENP-U and is constitutively localized to kinetochores throughout the cell cycle in vertebrates. CENP-R-deficient chicken DT40 cells are viable and show a very minor effect on mitosis. To investigate the functional roles of CENP-R in vivo, we generated CENP-R-deficient mice (Cenp-r-/- ). Mice heterozygous or homozygous for...
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