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Paclitaxel resistance in non-small-cell lung cancer associated with beta-tubulin gene mutations.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology - 1 Jun 1999
Monzó M, Rosell R, Sánchez J J, Lee J S, O'Brate A, González-Larriba J L, Alberola V, Lorenzo J C, Núñez L, Ro J Y, Martín C
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PURPOSE: The mechanisms that cause chemoresistance in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients have yet to be clearly elucidated. Paclitaxel is a tubulin-disrupting agent that binds preferentially to beta-tubulin. Tubulins are guanosine triphosphate (GTP)-binding proteins. Beta-tubulin is a GTPase, whereas alpha-tubulin has no enzyme activity. We reasoned that polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and DNA sequencing...
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