dUTP pyrophosphatase as a potential target for chemotherapeutic drug development

Acta Biochimica Polonica

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 159-172

  McIntosh, Evan M ^a   Haynes, Robert H ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer chemotherapy; dUTPase; Therapeutic target; Thymineless death

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DEOXYURIDINE PHOSPHATE; DUTP PYROPHOSPHATASE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; INORGANIC PYROPHOSPHATASE;

ANIMAL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; METABOLISM; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; DEOXYURACIL NUCLEOTIDES; DRUG DESIGN; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; PYROPHOSPHATASES;

EID: 0031308373     PISSN: 0001527X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18388/abp.1997_4410     Document Type: Review

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