Defective cell cycle checkpoints as targets for anti-cancer therapies

Conventional chemotherapeutics target the proliferating fraction of cells, which will include the tumour cells, but are also toxic to actively proliferating normal tissues. Cellular stresses, such as those imposed by chemotherapeutic drugs, induce cell cycle checkpoint arrest, and recent approaches...

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Main Authors: Brian eGabrielli (Author), Kelly eBrooks (Author), Sandra ePavey (Author)
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Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2012-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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