Mitoguazone induces apoptosis via a p53-independent mechanism

Anti-Cancer Drugs

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 635-640

  Davidson, Karen ^a   Petit, Thierry ^a   Izbicka, Elzbieta ^a   Koester, Steve ^a   Von Hoff, Daniel D ^a  

^a CTRC Institute for Drug Development   (United States)

Author keywords

Mitoguazone; p53 independent apoptosis; Polyamines

Indexed keywords

MITOGUAZONE; PROTEIN P53;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRUCTURE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION UNCOUPLING; POLYAMINE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; GENES, P53; HUMANS; MALE; MITOGUAZONE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0031661122     PISSN: 09594973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001813-199808000-00009     Document Type: Article

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