Werner Syndrome Helicase Is Required for the Survival of Cancer Cells with Microsatellite Instability

Summary: Werner syndrome protein (WRN) is a RecQ enzyme involved in the maintenance of genome integrity. Germline loss-of-function mutations in WRN led to premature aging and predisposition to cancer. We evaluated synthetic lethal (SL) interactions between WRN and another human RecQ helicase, BLM, w...

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Main Authors: Lorn Kategaya, Senthil K. Perumal, Jeffrey H. Hager, Lisa D. Belmont
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-03-01
Series:iScience
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004219300409