Epothilones, a New Class of Microtubule-stabilizing Agents with a Taxol-like Mechanism of Action

Cancer Research

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 1995, Pages 2325-2333

  Bollag, Daniel M ^a   McQueney, Patricia A ^a   Zhu, Jian ^a   Hensens, Otto ^a   Koupal, Lawrence ^a   Liesch, Jerrold ^a   Goetz, Michael ^a   Lazarides, Elias ^a,b   Woods, Catherine M ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b ASTRAL Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CREMOPHOR; EPOTHILONE A; EPOTHILONE B; GLYCOPROTEIN P; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MACROLIDE; MICROTUBULE PROTEIN; PACLITAXEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROTUBULE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MITOSIS INHIBITION; MYXOCOCCALES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY;

ANIMAL; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CALCIUM; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; COLD; COLORIMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; FILTRATION; MICROTUBULE PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; PACLITAXEL; THIAZOLES;

EID: 0029049468     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: 15387445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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