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Polymorphisms in the large subunit of human RNA polymerase II as target for allele-specific inhibition.
Nucleic acids research - 1 Mar 2000
ten Asbroek A L, Fluiter K, van Groenigen M, Nooij M, Baas F
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The lack of specificity of cancer treatment causes damage to normal cells as well, which limits the therapeutic range. To circumvent this problem one would need to use an absolute difference between normal cells and cancer cells as therapeutic target. Such a difference exists in the genome of all individuals suffering from a tumor that is characterized by loss of genetic material [loss of heterozygosity (LOH)]....
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