Unsymmetrically substituted polyamine analogue induces caspase- independent programmed cell death in Bcl-2-overexpressing cells

Cancer Research

Volumn 58, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 2711-2714

  Ha, Hyo Chol ^a,b   Woster, Patrick M ^c   Casero Jr , Robert A ^a,b,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; CYTOCHROME C; N1 ETHYL N11 [(CYCLOHEPTYL)METHYL] 4,8 DIAZAUNDECANE; ONCOPROTEIN; POLYAMINE; PROTEINASE; SPERMIDINE; SPERMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; DNA CONTENT; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA, NEOPLASM; G2 PHASE; HUMANS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOSIS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; POLY(ADP-RIBOSE) POLYMERASES; POLYAMINES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2;

EID: 0008104328     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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