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Base excision repair of both uracil and oxidatively damaged bases contribute to thymidine deprivation-induced radiosensitization.
International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics - 1 Aug 2006
Allen Bryan G, Johnson Monika, Marsh Anne E, Dornfeld Kenneth J
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PURPOSE: Increased cellular sensitivity to ionizing radiation due to thymidine depletion is the basis of radiosensitization with fluoropyrimidine and methotrexate. The mechanism responsible for cytotoxicity has not been fully elucidated but appears to involve both the introduction of uracil into, and its removal from, DNA. The role of base excision repair of uracil and oxidatively damaged bases in creating the...
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