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Chromatin Isolation by RNA Purification ChIRP
Published on: March 25, 2012
Long Noncoding RNAs at the Crossroads of Cell Cycle and Genome Integrity
Giulia Guiducci1, Lovorka Stojic1
1Barts Cancer Institute, Centre for Cancer Cell and Molecular Biology, John Vane Science Centre, Charterhouse Square, Queen Mary University of London, London EC1M 6BQ, UK.
Abstract:
The cell cycle is controlled by guardian proteins that coordinate the process of cell growth and cell division. Alterations in these processes lead to genome instability, which has a causal link to many human diseases. Beyond their well-characterized role of influencing protein-coding genes, an increasing body of evidence has revealed that long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) actively participate in regulation of the cell cycle and safeguarding of genome integrity. LncRNAs are versatile molecules that act via a wide array of mechanisms. In this review, we discuss how lncRNAs are implicated in control of the cell cycle and maintenance of genome stability and how changes in lncRNA-regulatory networks lead to proliferative diseases such as cancer.
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