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Chk1 Inhibitors for Novel Cancer Treatment
1 Jul 2006
Abstract excerpt
Chemo- and radiotherapies that target DNA are the mainstay of cancer treatment. In response to DNA damage, cells are arrested in multiple checkpoints in the cell cycle to allow the damaged DNA to be repaired before progressing into mitosis. Normal cells are arrested in the G1 phase mediated by the p53 tumor suppressor, and p53-deficient cancer cells are arrested in the S or G2 phase. Checkpoint kinase 1 (Chk 1)...
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