These hybrid genes, formed from two previously separate genes, produce abnormal proteins that can be a catalyst to faster and / or further cancer growth. (blog.horizondiscovery.com)
The invasion of epithelial cells and immune cells are controlled by two separate gene clusters called Salmonella Pathogenicity Islands 1 and 2 (SPI1, SPI2) respectively. (sciencedaily.com)
Curious about the possibility of circular RNAs contributing to cancer, Pandolfi and his colleagues set out to see if they could detect relevant changes in tumors known to harbor distinct fusion proteins, which result when different chromosomes abnormally join together, melding two separate genes into a new centaur - like gene. (sciencedaily.com)