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RNA ac4C modification in cancer biology: from regulatory mechanisms to clinical applications

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This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2022YFC2601800), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (32161143017, 82173833, 82173126, 82372743, 81973343), the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation (2023B1515040006, 2022A1515011632), Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province, China (2022A0505050065), the Open Program of Shenzhen Bay Laboratory (SZBL202009051006) and the Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Construction Foundation (2023B1212060022).

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  1. School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, China

    Lijun Tao, Yunqing Lu, Lichen Ge & Hongsheng Wang

  2. State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, 510060, China

    Zhuojia Chen

  3. Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Guangdong Province Traditional Chinese Medical Hospital, Guangzhou, 510120, China

    Junming He & Jianxin Peng

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Tao, L., Lu, Y., Chen, Z. et al. RNA ac4C modification in cancer biology: from regulatory mechanisms to clinical applications. Sci. China Life Sci. 67, 832–835 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-023-2496-5

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