Synthetic lethal targeting of PTEN mutan
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Mendes-Pereira, Ana M. (author);Martin, Sarah A. (author);Brough, Rachel (author
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Article
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2009
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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The tumour suppressor gene, phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN), is one of the most commonly mutated genes in human cancers. Recent evidence suggests that PTEN is important for the maintenance of genome stability. Here, we show that PTEN deficiency causes a homologous recombination (HR) defect in