Beyond DNA repair: additional functions of PARP-1 in cancer.

Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerases (PARPs) are DNA-dependent nuclear enzymes that transfer negatively charged ADP-ribose moieties from cellular nicotinamide-adenine-dinucleotide (NAD+) to a variety of protein substrates, altering protein-protein and protein-DNA interactions. The most studied of these enz...

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Main Authors: Alice N Weaver, Eddy S Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fonc.2013.00290/full