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Poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation in relation to cancer and autoimmune disease.
Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS - 1 Apr 2005
Masutani M, Nakagama H, Sugimura T
Abstract excerpt
Carcinogenesis involves multiple steps and pathways with functional alterations in a variety of genes. There is accumulating evidence that a deficiency of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP)-1 leads to DNA repair defects, genomic instability, failure of induction of cell death and modulation of gene transcription. PARP-1 also supports the growth of tumor cells in certain situations. Genetic analyses of the PARP-1...
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