Cell cycle checkpoints and their impact on anticancer therapeutic strategies

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Cells contain numerous pathways designed to protect them from the genomic instability or toxicity that can result when their DNA is damaged. The p53 tumor suppressor is particularly important for regulating passage through G1 phase of the cell cycle, while other checkpoint regulators are important for arrest in S and G2 phase. Tumor cells often exhibit defects in these checkpoint proteins, which can lead to...

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