SSX2 is a novel DNA-binding protein that antagonizes polycomb group body formation and gene repression.

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Published in Nucleic Acids Res on September 23, 2014

Authors

Morten Frier Gjerstorff1, Mette Marie Relster2, Katrine Buch Viden Greve2, Jesper Bonnet Moeller3, Daniel Elias2, Jonas Nørrelund Lindgreen2, Steffen Schmidt4, Jan Mollenhauer4, Bjørn Voldborg5, Christina Bøg Pedersen2, Nadine Heidi Brückmann2, Niels Erik Møllegaard6, Henrik Jørn Ditzel7

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Cancer and Inflammation Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, DK-5000, Denmark mgjerstorff@health.sdu.dk.
2: Department of Cancer and Inflammation Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, DK-5000, Denmark.
3: Department of Cardiovascular and Renal Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, DK-5000, Denmark.
4: Department of Cancer and Inflammation Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, DK-5000, Denmark The Lundbeckfonden Center of Excellence NanoCAN, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, DK-5000, Denmark.
5: The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, DK-2200, Denmark.
6: Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Copenhagen, DK-2200, Denmark.
7: Department of Cancer and Inflammation Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, DK-5000, Denmark The Lundbeckfonden Center of Excellence NanoCAN, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, DK-5000, Denmark Department of Oncology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, DK-5000, Denmark.

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