Ascorbic acid recycling in N-myc amplified human neuroblastoma cells

Anticancer Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2 A, 1998, Pages 819-822

  Savini, Isabella ^a   D'angelo, Ida ^a   Annicchiarico Petruzzelli, Margherita ^a   Bellincampi, Lorenza ^a   Melino, Gerry ^a,b   Avigliano, Luciana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; N myc; Neuroblastoma

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; DEHYDROASCORBIC ACID REDUCTASE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER REGRESSION; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; ONCOGENE C MYB; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASCORBIC ACID; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENES, MYC; HUMANS; NAD; NEUROBLASTOMA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0031866132     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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