Journal
NATURE REVIEWS CANCER
Volume 9, Issue 9, Pages 644-654Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/nrc2682
Keywords
-
Categories
Funding
- Cancer Research UK
- Bloom's Syndrome Foundation
- Anita Mui 'True Heart' Charity Foundation
- K. P. Tin Foundation Limited
- China Oxford Scholarship Fund
Ask authors/readers for more resources
Around 1% of the open reading frames in the human genome encode predicted DNA and RNA helicases. One highly conserved group of DNA helicases is the RecQ family. Genetic defects in three of the five human RecQ helicases, BLM, WRN and RECQ4, give rise to defined syndromes associated with cancer predisposition, some features of premature ageing and chromosomal instability. In recent years, there has been a tremendous advance in our understanding of the cellular functions of individual RecQ helicases. In this Review, we discuss how these proteins might suppress genomic rearrangements, and therefore function as 'caretaker' tumour suppressors.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available