In vitro assessment of N-[2-(dimethylamino)ethyl]acridine-4-carboxamide, a DNA-intercalating antitumour drug with reduced sensitivity to multidrug resistance

Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1993, Pages 401-406

  Finlay, Graeme J ^a   Marshall, Elaine ^a   Matthews, John H L ^b   Paull, Kenneth D ^c   Baguley, Bruce C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMSACRINE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; N (2 DIMETHYLAMINOETHYL) 4 ACRIDINECARBOXAMIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; MELANOMA; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINOACRIDINES; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE I; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG SCREENING ASSAYS, ANTITUMOR; HUMAN; INTERCALATING AGENTS; LEUKEMIA; MELANOMA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0027447244     PISSN: 03445704     EISSN: 14320843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00686155     Document Type: Article

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