γ-glutamyl hydrolase and folylpolyglutamate synthetase activities predict polyglutamylation of methotrexate in acute leukemias

Oncology Research

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 259-263

  Longo, Giuseppe S A ^a   Gorlick, Richard ^a   Tong, William P ^a   Lin, Silan ^a   Steinherz, Peter ^a   Bertino, Joseph R ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute lymphocytic leukemia; Acute myelocytic leukemia; Folypolyglutamate synthetase; Methotrexate; Methotrexate polyglutamates; giutamyl hydrolase

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC ANTIMETABOLITE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FOLYLPOLYGLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL HYDROLASE; METHOTREXATE; METHOTREXATE POLYGLUTAMATE; PEPTIDE SYNTHASE; POLYGLUTAMIC ACID;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; METABOLISM; MYELOID LEUKEMIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GAMMA-GLUTAMYL HYDROLASE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; METHOTREXATE; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; POLYGLUTAMIC ACID;

EID: 0030634067     PISSN: 09650407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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