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Hypersensitivity of nonhomologous DNA end-joining mutants to VP-16 and ICRF-193: implications for the repair of topoisomerase II-mediated DNA damage.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 19 Sept 2003
Adachi Noritaka, Suzuki Hiromi, Iiizumi Susumu, Koyama Hideki
Abstract excerpt
A number of clinically useful anticancer drugs, including etoposide (VP-16), target DNA topoisomerase (topo) II. These drugs, referred to as topo II poisons, stabilize cleavable complexes, thereby generating DNA double-strand breaks. Bis-2,6-dioxopiperazines such as ICRF-193 also inhibit topo II by inducing a distinct type of DNA damage, termed topo II clamps, which has been believed to be devoid of double-strand...
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