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Introduction and Historical Perspective.- Human DNA topoisomerase I: Structure, Enzymology and Biology.- Mitochondrial topoisomerases.- Structure and mechanism of eukaryotic type IIA topoisomerases.- Essential functions of topoisomerase III in the nucleus and mitochondria.- DNA topoisomerase I and illegitimate recombination.- Topoisomerase-induced DNA damage.- Topoisomerases and carcinogenesis: Topo III and BLM.- Topoisomerase inhibitors: a paradigm for interfacial inhibitors.- Topoisomerase I inhibitors: chemical biology.- Topoisomerase II inhibitors: chemical biology.- Topoisomerase I inhibitors: current use and prospects.- Topoisomerase II inhibitors: current use and prospects.- Transcription stress by camptothecin: mechanism and implication for the drug antitumor activity.- Mechanism regulating cellular responses to DNA topoisomerase I-targeted agents.- Tyrosyl-DNA-phosphodiesterase.- Ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like proteins in repair of topoisomerase-mediated DNA damage.- Repair of topoisomerase II-mediated DNA damage: fixing DNA damage arising from a protein covalently trapped on DNA.- Topoisomerases and Apoptosis.- Index.