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Topotecan-triggered degradation of topoisomerase I is p53-dependent and impacts cell survival.
Cancer research - 1 Oct 2005
Tomicic Maja T, Christmann Markus, Kaina Bernd
Abstract excerpt
The anticancer drug topotecan belongs to the group of topoisomerase I (topo I) inhibitors. In the presence of topotecan, topo I cleaves the DNA but is unable to religate the single-strand break. This leads to stabilization of topo I-DNA-bound complexes and the accumulation of DNA strand breaks th...
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