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Sarah J. Weedon; Nicola K. Green; Iain A. McNeish; Moira G. Gilligan; Vivien Mau
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Article
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2000
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John Wiley and Sons
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French
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The enzyme nitroreductase from E. coli can reduce the weak, monofunctional alkylating agent 5-(aziridin-1-yl)-2,4dinitrobenzamide (CB1954) to a potent cytotoxic species that generates interstrand crosslinks in DNA. Nitroreductase therefore has potential as a "suicide enzyme" for cancer gene therapy,