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Designed FHIT alleles establish that Fhit-induced apoptosis in cancer cells is limited by substrate binding.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 18 Feb 2003
Trapasso Francesco, Krakowiak Agnieszka, Cesari Rossano, Arkles Jeffrey, Yendamuri Sai, Ishii Hideshi, Vecchione Andrea, Kuroki Tamotsu, Bieganowski Pawel, Pace Helen C, Huebner Kay, Croce Carlo M, Brenner Charles
Abstract excerpt
The FHIT gene is inactivated early in the development of many human tumors, and Fhit-deficient mice have increased cancer incidence. Viral reexpression of Fhit kills Fhit-deficient cells by induction of apoptosis. Fhit, a member of branch 2 of the histidine-triad superfamily of nucleoside monophosphate hydrolases and transferases, is a diadenosine polyphosphate hydrolase, the active-site histidine of which is not...
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