L-α-Alanine Inhibition of Pyruvate Kinase from Tumors of the Human Central Nervous System

Cancer Research

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 1979, Pages 4263-4269

  Van Veelen, Cees W M ^a   Verbiest, Henk ^a   Zülch, Klaus J ^b   Van Ketel, Barry A ^a   Van Der Vlist, Margreet J M ^a   Vlug, Annie M C ^a   Rijksen, Gert ^a   Staal, Gerard E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; PYRUVATE KINASE;

BRAIN TUMOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GLIOMA; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ADULT; ALANINE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; ISOENZYMES; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PROGNOSIS; PYRUVATE KINASE;

EID: 0018609482     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: 15387445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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