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Topoisomerase I as a biomarker: detection of activity at the single molecule level.
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) - 10 Jan 2014
Proszek Joanna, Roy Amit, Jakobsen Ann-Katrine, Frøhlich Rikke, Knudsen Birgitta R, Stougaard Magnus
Abstract excerpt
Human topoisomerase I (hTopI) is an essential cellular enzyme. The enzyme is often upregulated in cancer cells, and it is a target for chemotherapeutic drugs of the camptothecin (CPT) family. Response to CPT-based treatment is dependent on hTopI activity, and reduction in activity, and mutations in hTopI have been reported to result in CPT resistance. Therefore, hTOPI gene copy number, mRNA level, protein amount,...
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