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Published on: September 1, 2019
Enhancer-dependent gene regulation in space, time, and malignancies
Belinda Blum1,2, Victoria Dachtler1,2, Angelika Feldmann1,2
1Mechanisms of Genome Control, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
Abstract:
Control of cell-type-specific gene activation requires the coordinated activity of distal regulatory elements, including enhancers, whose inputs must be temporally integrated. Dysregulation of this regulatory capacity, such as aberrant usage of enhancers, can result in malignant transformation of cells. In this review, we provide an overview of our current understanding of enhancer-driven gene regulation and discuss how this activity may be integrated across time, followed by epigenetic and structural alterations of enhancers in cancers.
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