A new cellular target for mitomycin C: A case for mitochondrial DNA

Oncology Research

Volumn 9, Issue 6-7, 1997, Pages 333-337

  Pritsos, Chris A ^a   Briggs, Laura A ^a   Gustafson, Daniel L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

ATP; Bioenergetics; Mitochondria; Mitochondrial dna; Mitomycin c

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ANTIBIOTIC; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MITOMYCIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CONFORMATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL NEOPLASM; FEMALE; LIVER; LIVER MITOCHONDRION; METABOLISM; MOUSE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; LIVER; MAMMARY NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MITOCHONDRIA, LIVER; MITOMYCIN; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

EID: 0031304825     PISSN: 09650407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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