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Characterization of tumor-associated Chk2 mutations.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 26 Jan 2001
Wu X, Webster S R, Chen J
Abstract excerpt
The integrity of the DNA damage response pathway is essential for prevention of neoplastic transformation. Several proteins involved in this pathway including p53, BRCA1, and ATM are frequently mutated in human cancer. Checkpoint kinase 2 (Chk2) is a DNA damage-activated protein kinase that lies...
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