STRring up Cancer with lncRNA

Mol Cell. 2018 Nov 1;72(3):399-401. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2018.10.026.

Abstract

In this issue of Molecular Cell, Yap et al. (2018) identify a novel lncRNA (PNCTR) that contains short tandem repeats that trap the RNA splicing factor PTBP1 in the perinucleolar compartment and link this sequestration activity to cancer cell development.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Alternative Splicing*
  • Cell Survival
  • Microsatellite Repeats
  • Polypyrimidine Tract-Binding Protein / genetics
  • RNA, Long Noncoding*

Substances

  • RNA, Long Noncoding
  • Polypyrimidine Tract-Binding Protein