Inhibition of Mammalian and Oncornavirus Nucleic Acid Polymerase Activities by Alkoxybenzophenanthridine Alkaloids

Cancer Research

Volumn 36, Issue , 1976, Pages 2390-2395

  Sethi, V Sagar ^a  

^a Litton Bionetics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; CORALYNE; DNA POLYMERASE; FAGARONINE; NITIDINE; PHENANTHRIDINE DERIVATIVE; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTASE;

AURIN DERIVATIVE; DRUG MECHANISM; EMBRYO; ENZYME INHIBITION; IN VITRO STUDY; LEUKOVIRUS; METHODOLOGY; MICROORGANISM; MOUSE; ONCOVIRINAE; THEORETICAL STUDY; VIRUS;

ALKALOIDS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; ONCOGENIC VIRUSES; PHENANTHRIDINES; POLY A; POLYNUCLEOTIDE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; POLYNUCLEOTIDES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE INHIBITORS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0017073236     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: 15387445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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