GABPβ1L Wakes Up TERT.

Cancer Cell
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Abstract

TERT catalyzes telomere maintenance. While silenced in most normal somatic cells, TERT is expressed in cancer, often due to promoter mutations, facilitating replicative immortality. In this issue of Cancer Cell, Mancini et al. demonstrate that GABPβ1L is required for mutant TERT promoter activity, thus identifying a potential therapeutic target.

Year of Publication
2018
Journal
Cancer Cell
Volume
34
Issue
3
Pages
358-360
Date Published
2018 09 10
ISSN
1878-3686
DOI
10.1016/j.ccell.2018.08.011
PubMed ID
30205042
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F32 CA236432 / CA / NCI NIH HHS / United States