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Heterozygous ATR mutations in mismatch repair-deficient cancer cells have functional significance.
Cancer research - 15 Aug 2005
Lewis Kriste A, Mullany Sally, Thomas Bijoy, Chien Jeremy, Loewen Ralitsa, Shridhar Viji, Cliby William A
Abstract excerpt
ATR (ataxia telangiectasia and Rad3-related) function is necessary for the proper response to commonly used chemotherapeutic agents. Heterozygous truncating mutations in exon 10 of the ATR gene have been described in numerous cancers exhibiting microsatellite instability. We show that truncating mutations of ATR are capable of acting in a dominant-negative manner to abrogate ATR-dependent Chk1 phosphorylation and...
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