Specific Anti tumor Gene——Apoptin
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Abstract
Apoptin is an anticancer gene. It can induce p53independent,Bcl2insensitive type of apoptosis in various human tumor cells,and fails to induce programmed cell death in normal cell. Because of having tumor specificity, apoptin can be transferred enough to tumorcell in vivo,selectly kill the tumor as a potential antitumor biological preparation. In this paper, we provide a brief review on the anticancer mechanism of apoptin, current status and application prospect, and the main issues in apoptin studies.
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