5-Fluorouracil-mediated thymidylate synthase induction in malignant and nonmalignant human cells

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 231-235

  Parr, Allyson L ^a   Drake, James C ^a   Gress, Ronald E ^a   Schwartz, Gretchen ^a   Steinberg, Seth M ^b   Allegra, Carmen J ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Biostatistics and Data Management Section   (United States)

Author keywords

5 FU; Chemotherapeutic drugs; Enzyme induction; Translational autoregulation; TS

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BONE MARROW CELL; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; CELL LINE; ENZYME INDUCTION; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0031726838     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-2952(98)00152-X     Document Type: Article

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