Direct evidence for the contribution of activated N-ras and K-ras oncogenes to increased intrinsic radiation resistance in human tumor cell lines.

Transformation with ras oncogenes results in increased radiation sur vival in many but not all cells. In addition, prenyltransferase inhibitors which inhibit ras proteins by blocking posttranslational modification radiosensitize cells with oncogenic ras. These findings suggest that oncogenic ras con...

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Main Authors: Bernhard, E, Stanbridge, E, Gupta, S, Gupta, A, Soto, D, Bakanauskas, V, Cerniglia, G, Muschel, R, Mckenna, W
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2000