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Roles of MGMT and MLH1 proteins in alkylation-induced apoptosis and mutagenesis.
DNA repair - 7 Oct 2003
Takagi Yasumitsu, Takahashi Masayuki, Sanada Masayuki, Ito Riyoko, Yamaizumi Masaru, Sekiguchi Mutsuo
Abstract excerpt
To examine involvement of mismatch repair system in alkylation-induced apoptosis and mutagenesis, cell lines defective in the Mgmt gene encoding a DNA repair enzyme, O(6)-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase, and/or the Mlh1 gene encoding a protein involved in mismatch repair were established from gene-targeted mice. Mgmt(-/-) cells are hypersensitive to the killing effect of N-methyl-N-nitrosourea (MNU) and this...
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