topoisomerase
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topoisomerases
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Marazzi says that he and his colleagues are working with a pharmaceutical company to organize a clinical trial to test whether blocking topoisomerase I is beneficial during sepsis.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 28, 2016
The team’s findings suggest that topoisomerase I also helps orchestrate the immune system’s response to pathogen attacks.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 28, 2016
Camptothecin is one of several topoisomerase I–inhibiting cancer drugs that have received approval from the Food and Drug Administration.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 28, 2016
But he wants to see further animal studies to confirm that blocking topoisomerase is effective against other types of bacteria that more commonly cause sepsis in people.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 28, 2016
Other noteworthy genes were APEX1, a multifunctional DNA repair enzyme, RFC1, replication factor C, and TOP2A, a DNA topoisomerase that controls the topologic states of DNA during transcription.
From Nature ● Nov. 15, 2011
These are resolved with the action of topoisomerases.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
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