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AURORA-A amplification overrides the mitotic spindle assembly checkpoint, inducing resistance to Taxol.
Cancer cell - 1 Jan 2003
Anand Shubha, Penrhyn-Lowe Sue, Venkitaraman Ashok R
Abstract excerpt
The serine-threonine kinase gene AURORA-A is commonly amplified in epithelial malignancies. Here we show that elevated Aurora-A expression at levels that reflect cancer-associated gene amplification overrides the checkpoint mechanism that monitors mitotic spindle assembly, inducing resistance to the chemotherapeutic agent paclitaxel (Taxol). Cells overexpressing Aurora-A inappropriately enter anaphase despite...
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