Shelterin complex gene: Prognosis and therapeutic vulnerability in cancer
Telomere encompasses a (TTAGGG)n tandem repeats, and its dysfunction has emerged as the epicenter of driving carcinogenesis by promoting genetic instability. Indeed, they play an essential role in stabilizing chromosomes and therefore protecting them from end-to-end fusion and DNA degradation. Telom...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-07-01
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Series: | Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405580821000315 |