May function as a tumor suppressor, inhibiting colony formation, causing G1 arrest and ultimately inducing apoptosis in homozygous 3p21.3 120-kb region-deficient cells.
"Overexpression of candidate tumor suppressor gene FUS1 isolated from the 3p21.3 homozygous deletion region leads to G1 arrest and growth inhibition of lung cancer cells."
Kondo M., Ji L., Kamibayashi C., Tomizawa Y., Randle D., Sekido Y., Yokota J., Kashuba V., Zabarovsky E., Kuzmin I., Lerman M., Roth J., Minna J.D.
Oncogene 20:6258-6262(2001)
Research Topic:Cell Biology