Increased Activity and Expression of NAD(P)H:Quinone Acceptor Oxidoreductase in Confluent Cell Cultures and within Multicellular Spheroids

Cancer Research

Volumn 54, Issue 14, 1994, Pages 3766-3771

  Cruz, Aristotle ^b   Traver, Robert D ^a   Gibson, Neil W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (PHOSPHATE) DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE);

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL CYCLE; CELL GROWTH; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; DNA BINDING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHEROID CELL;

AZIRIDINES; BASE SEQUENCE; BENZOQUINONES; CELL DIVISION; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; QUINONE REDUCTASES; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0027931487     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: 15387445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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