Satellite RNAs are aberrantly transcribed during pancreatic cancer progression. Here, the authors show that major satellite RNA binds to the multifunctional protein YBX1 in the cytoplasm and induces mutations in nuclear and mitochondrial DNA by preventing YBX1 stress-induced intracellular translocation.
- Takahiro Kishikawa
- Motoyuki Otsuka
- Kazuhiko Koike