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Isolation and characterization of Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutants with enhanced resistance to the anticancer drug bleomycin.
Current genetics - 1 May 2004
Aouida Mustapha, Tounekti Omar, Leduc Anick, Belhadj Omrane, Mir Lluis, Ramotar Dindial
Abstract excerpt
Bleomycin is an antitumor agent believed to act by damaging DNA. It is currently used for treating testicular carcinomas, but other types of cancers such as ovarian and colon are resistant to the drug from the outset. The mechanism involved in allowing cells to confer resistant to bleomycin is not known. We exploited the power of yeast genetics to isolate for the first time several bleomycin-resistant mutants...
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