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Changes in DNA methylation and transgenerational mobilization of a transposable element (mPing) by the topoisomerase II inhibitor, etoposide, in rice.
BMC plant biology - 9 Apr 2012
Yang Xuejiao, Yu Yingjie, Jiang Lily, Lin Xiuyun, Zhang Chunyu, Ou Xiufang, Osabe Kenji, Liu Bao
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BACKGROUND: Etoposide (epipodophyllotoxin) is a chemical commonly used as an anti-cancer drug which inhibits DNA synthesis by blocking topoisomerase II activity. Previous studies in animal cells have demonstrated that etoposide constitutes a genotoxic stress which may induce genomic instability i...
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