DNA polymerase β as a novel target for chemotherapeutic intervention of colorectal cancer.

Chemoprevention presents a major strategy for the medical management of colorectal cancer. Most drugs used for colorectal cancer therapy induce DNA-alkylation damage, which is primarily repaired by the base excision repair (BER) pathway. Thus, blockade of BER pathway is an attractive option to inhib...

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Main Authors: Aruna S Jaiswal, Sanjeev Banerjee, Ritu Aneja, Fazlul H Sarkar, David A Ostrov, Satya Narayan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-02-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3032781?pdf=render