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Lack of Ku80 alteration in multiple myeloma.
Japanese journal of cancer research : Gann - 1 Apr 2002
Kato Miyuki, Iida Shinsuke, Komatsu Hirokazu, Ueda Ryuzo
Abstract excerpt
Chromosomal rearrangement involving the immunoglobulin gene locus, as a result of marked chromosomal instability, is the hallmark of human multiple myeloma (MM) cells. Since Ku80 plays a key role in the non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ) system, we investigated whether Ku80 alteration contributes to this genetic instability by examining its status in 16 MM cell lines. Our study demonstrated a lack of Ku80...
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