Selective augmentation of radiation effects by 5-fluorocytosine on murine B16(F10) melanoma cells transfected with cytosine deaminase gene

Cancer Gene Therapy

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 269-272

  Szary, Jaroslaw ^a   Missol, Ewa ^a   Tarnawski, Rafał ^a   Szala, Stanislaw ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cytosine deaminase gene; Melanoma; Radiosensitization

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE DEAMINASE; DEAMINASE; FLUCYTOSINE; RADIOSENSITIZING AGENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL MELANOMA; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; GENETICS; MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CYTOSINE DEAMINASE; FLUCYTOSINE; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; MELANOMA, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; NUCLEOSIDE DEAMINASES; RADIATION-SENSITIZING AGENTS;

EID: 0031179087     PISSN: 09291903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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