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SUBMITTER: Benedetti L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5514935 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Benedetti Lorena L Cereda Matteo M Monteverde LeeAnn L Desai Nikita N Ciccarelli Francesca D FD
Oncotarget 20170601 23
Cohesin is a multi-protein complex that tethers sister chromatids during mitosis and mediates DNA repair, genome compartmentalisation and regulation of gene expression. Cohesin subunits frequently acquire cancer loss-of-function alterations and act as tumour suppressors in several tumour types. This has led to increased interest in cohesin as potential target in anti-cancer therapy. Here we show that the loss-of-function of STAG2, a core component of cohesin and an emerging tumour suppressor, le ...[more]