An in-tumor genetic screen reveals that the BET bromodomain protein, BRD4, is a potential therapeutic target in ovarian carcinoma.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on December 22, 2014

Authors

Maria Giuseppina Baratta1, Anna C Schinzel2, Yaara Zwang2, Pratiti Bandopadhayay3, Christian Bowman-Colin1, Jennifer Kutt4, Jennifer Curtis4, Huiying Piao4, Laura C Wong4, Andrew L Kung5, Rameen Beroukhim6, James E Bradner6, Ronny Drapkin7, William C Hahn2, Joyce F Liu7, David M Livingston8

Author Affiliations

1: Departments of Cancer Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115; and.
2: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115; and Medical Oncology, and Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA 02142.
3: Departments of Cancer Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115; and Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA 02142.
4: Departments of Cancer Biology.
5: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115; and Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115;
6: Departments of Cancer Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115; and Medical Oncology, and Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA 02142.
7: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115; and Medical Oncology, and.
8: Departments of Cancer Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115; and david_livingston@dfci.harvard.edu.

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