The anti-cancer drug camptothecin inhibits elongation but stimulates initiation of RNA polymerase II transcription

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-35

  Ljungman, Mats ^a   Hanawalt, Philip C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CAMPTOTHECIN; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; MESSENGER RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRITIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ISOTOPE LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA SYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CAMPTOTHECIN; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; DNA POLYMERASE II; RNA; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0029947168     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/17.1.31     Document Type: Article

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