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Extrachromosomal Oncogene Amplification Involves Rearrangement of Regulatory Elements

Nov 21, 2019
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NEW YORK – Non-coding regulatory sequences can get co-amplified with extrachromosomal oncogenes in cancer, new research suggests, producing circularized structures with altered connections that may be selected to boost the proliferation of these tumor cells.

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