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Interplay of DNA repair pathways controls methylation damage toxicity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Genetics - 1 Aug 2008
Cejka Petr, Jiricny Josef
Abstract excerpt
Methylating agents of S(N)1 type are widely used in cancer chemotherapy, but their mode of action is poorly understood. In particular, it is unclear how the primary cytotoxic lesion, O(6)-methylguanine ((Me)G), causes cell death. One hypothesis stipulates that binding of mismatch repair (MMR) proteins to (Me)G/T mispairs arising during DNA replication triggers cell-cycle arrest and cell death. An alternative...
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