Modulation of glutathione by a cysteine pro-drug enhances in vivo tumor response

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 276, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1169-1173

  Wang, Taiqi ^a   Chen, Xiang ^a   Schecter, Robyn L ^a   Baruchel, Sylvain ^b   Alaoui Jamali, Moulay ^a   Melnychuk, David ^a   Batist, Gerald ^a,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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