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SUBMITTER: Guza R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3089471 | biostudies-literature | 2011 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Guza Rebecca R Kotandeniya Delshanee D Murphy Kristopher K Dissanayake Thakshila T Lin Chen C Giambasu George Madalin GM Lad Rahul R RR Wojciechowski Filip F Amin Shantu S Sturla Shana J SJ Hudson Robert H E RH York Darrin M DM Jankowiak Ryszard R Jones Roger R Tretyakova Natalia Y NY
Nucleic acids research 20110117 9
Endogenous 5-methylcytosine ((Me)C) residues are found at all CG dinucleotides of the p53 tumor suppressor gene, including the mutational 'hotspots' for smoking induced lung cancer. (Me)C enhances the reactivity of its base paired guanine towards carcinogenic diolepoxide metabolites of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) present in cigarette smoke. In the present study, the structural basis for these effects was investigated using a series of unnatural nucleoside analogs and a representative ...[more]