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. 2022 Feb;12(2):293-295.
doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-21-1525.

Shedding Light on ecDNA Behavior Using CRISPR-Based Live-Cell Imaging

Anton G Henssen  1   2   3   4
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Shedding Light on ecDNA Behavior Using CRISPR-Based Live-Cell Imaging

Anton G Henssen. Cancer Discov. 2022 Feb.

Abstract

Extrachromosomal oncogene amplification on extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA) has emerged as a hallmark of many cancers. In this issue, Yi and colleagues developed a CRISPR-based method for imaging ecDNA in live cells, termed ecTag. Using ecTag, the authors reveal important features of ecDNA in cancer cells such as their random mitotic segregation and clustering into transcriptionally active hubs after mitosis.See related article by Yi et al., p. 468.

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