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Induction of ATM Activation, Histone H2AX Phosphorylation and Apoptosis by Etoposide: Relation to Cell Cycle Phase
1 Feb 2007
Abstract excerpt
Etoposide (VP-16) belongs to the family of DNA topoisomerase II (topo2) inhibitors, drugs widely used in cancer chemotherapy. Their presumed mode of action is stabilization of "cleavable complexes" between topo2 and DNA; collisions of DNA replication forks with these complexes convert them into DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs), potentially lethal lesions that may trigger apoptosis. Immunocytochemical detection of...
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