Widespread shortening of 3'UTRs by alternative cleavage and polyadenylation activates oncogenes in cancer cells

In cancer cells, genetic alterations can activate proto-oncogenes, thereby contributing to tumorigenesis. However, the protein products of oncogenes are sometimes overexpressed without alteration of the proto-oncogene. Helping to explain this phenomenon, we found that when compared to similarly prol...

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Main Authors: Mayr, Christine (Contributor), Bartel, David (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier, 2012-08-30T15:13:08Z.
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