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Hypersensitivity of Tumor Cell Lines with Microsatellite Instability to DNA Double Strand Break Producing Chemotherapeutic Agent Bleomycin
15 Jul 2004
Abstract excerpt
Genetic or epigenetic inactivation of DNA mismatch repair genes results in a strong mutator phenotype, known as the microsatellite mutator phenotype or microsatellite instability (MSI). This mutator phenotype causes mutations in genes responsible for the regulation of cell growth and survival/death and thus promotes the development and progression of tumors. In addition to such tumorigenic lesions, mutations in...
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