Retrotransposon drives cancer by altering 3D genome structure (IMAGE)

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Retrotransposon drives cancer by altering 3D genome structure

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Published today in Cancer Discovery, co-first author Yuannyu Zhang, PhD (left), and corresponding author Jian Xu, PhD, St. Jude Department of Pathology, uncovered previously unrecognized functions of LINE-1 retrotransposons in cancer.

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