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Mutations in the ataxia telangiectasia and rad3-related-checkpoint kinase 1 DNA damage response axis in colon cancers.
Genes, chromosomes & cancer - 1 Dec 2007
Lewis Kriste A, Bakkum-Gamez Jamie, Loewen Ralitsa, French Amy J, Thibodeau Stephen N, Cliby William A
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In response to certain types of DNA damage, ataxia telangiectasia and rad3-related (ATR) phosphorylates checkpoint kinase 1 (CHEK1) resulting in cell cycle arrest and subsequent DNA repair. ATR and CHEK1 contain mononucleotide microsatellite repeat regions, which are mutational targets in tumors...
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