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Blocking mtDNA replication upregulates the expression of stemness-related genes in prostate cancer cell lines.
Ultrastructural pathology - 1 Aug 2013
Liu Yishan, Wu Xueping, Li Xiaoran, Kvalheim Gunnar, Axcrona Ulrika, Axcrona Karol, Suo Zhenhe
Abstract excerpt
Ethidium bromide (EtBr) is an intercalating agent, which binds tightly to mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) during replication, and so blocks the function of mitochondria. EtBr inserts itself between the stacked bases in double-stranded DNA and specifically inhibits mtDNA transcription and replication by...
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