Inhibitors of anchorage-independent growth affect the growth of transformed cells on poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate)-coated surfaces

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 876-882

  Fukazawa, Hidesuke ^a   Nakano, Shuji ^b   Mizuno, Satoshi ^a   Uehara, Yoshimasa ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXORUBICIN; HERBIMYCIN; N [2 [2 (2 AMINO 3 MERCAPTOPROPYLAMINO) 3 METHYLPENTYLOXY] 3 PHENYLPROPIONYL]METHIONINE SULFONE METHYL ESTER; POLYMACON; RADICICOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANCHORAGE INDEPENDENT GROWTH; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029913515     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0215(19960917)67:6<876::aid-ijc19>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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