Immortalisation of a human diploid fibroblast cell strain: A DT-diaphorase paradox

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 74, Issue SUPPL. XXVII, 1996, Pages

  Kuehl, B L ^a,c   Brezden, C B ^a   Traver, R D ^b   Siegel, D ^b   Ross, D ^b   Renzing, J ^c   Rauth, A M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

DT diaphorase; Mitomycin C; P450 reductase; Radiation sensitivity

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450 REDUCTASE; GLYCOPROTEIN P; MITOMYCIN C; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (PHOSPHATE) DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE); VIRUS LARGE T ANTIGEN; ANTINEOPLASTIC ANTIBIOTIC; MITOMYCIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE FERRIHEMOPROTEIN REDUCTASE; VIRUS T ANTIGEN;

CELL LINE; CELL STRAIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOIDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FIBROBLAST; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IONIZING RADIATION; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; RADIATION DOSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; ANTIGENS, POLYOMAVIRUS TRANSFORMING; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; MICE; MITOMYCIN; NAD(P)H DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE); NADPH-FERRIHEMOPROTEIN REDUCTASE; P-GLYCOPROTEIN; RADIATION TOLERANCE; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0029990639     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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