Repression of c-myc gene expression by the thiol and disulfide forms of the cytoprotector amifostine

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2457-2459

  Liu, Shie Chau ^a   Murley, Jeffrey S ^b   Woloschak, Gayle ^a   Grdina, David J ^b  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 (3 AMINOPROPYLAMINO)ETHANETHIOL; AMIFOSTINE; BIS[2 (3 AMINOPROPYLAMINO)ETHYL] DISULFIDE; DISULFIDE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; THIOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; ONCOGENE C MYC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMIFOSTINE; ANIMALS; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; DISULFIDES; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, MYC; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0031410502     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/18.12.2457     Document Type: Article

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