Mount Sinai researchers have discovered that Polycomb complexes, groups of proteins that maintain gene expression patterns, are essential for proper skin development, according to a paper published in Genes & Development on February 18.
Tag: Epithelial Cancers
Moffitt Researchers Identify Protein that Causes Epithelial Cancers to Spread
In a new article published in the July issue of Cancer Research, Elsa Flores, Ph.D., and her team discovered a key protein that oscillates its expression through microRNA regulation to facilitate cancer spread to distant organs. This protein is ∆Np63, a member of the p53 family of tumor suppressor genes.