Selective Cytotoxic Effects of 5-Fluorouridine 5′-Diphosphate Sugars on Virus-Transformed Malignant Cells of Mouse Fibroblast

Journal of Fermentation and Bioengineering

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 174-177

  Fujita, Ken Ichi ^a   Yamamoto, Satoshi ^b   Matsukawa, Akira ^b   Tanaka, Toshio ^a   Taniguchi, Makoto ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b Fuso Pharmaceutical Industries   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Fluorinated nucleotide sugar; Nucleotide pyrophosphatase; SV 40 transformed 3T3 cells; UDP sugar hydrolase

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HYDROLASE; INORGANIC PYROPHOSPHATASE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE SUGAR;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; VIRUS CELL TRANSFORMATION;

EID: 0029872308     PISSN: 0922338X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0922-338X(96)87599-4     Document Type: Article

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