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Potential Drugs Against Cervical Cancer: Zinc-Ejecting Inhibitors of the Human Papillomavirus Type 16 E6 Oncoprotein
21 Jul 1999
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BACKGROUND: The principal agent in the etiology of cervical cancer, i.e., human papillomavirus (HPV) type 16, encodes three oncoproteins, E5, E6, and E7. Structural and mutational studies have identified two potential zinc-finger domains as critical for E6 protein function. We investigated several assays to identify and characterize compounds that interfere with the binding of zinc to E6. METHODS: Thirty-six...
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