The potent microtubule-stabilizing agent (+)-discodermolide induces apoptosis in human breast carcinoma cells - Preliminary comparisons to paclitaxel

Anti-Cancer Drugs

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-76

  Balachandran, Raghavan ^a   Ter Haar, Ernst ^a,e   Welsh, Manda J ^a   Grant, Stephen G ^b,c   Day, Billy W ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Dept of Pharmaceutical Sciences ^*

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Discodermolide; Flow cytometry; Hoechst 33342; Paclitaxel; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

DISCODERMOLIDE; DNA FRAGMENT; DOCETAXEL; HOE 33342; PACLITAXEL; TUBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL CYCLE; COLON CARCINOMA; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROTUBULE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

EID: 0031932291     PISSN: 09594973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001813-199801000-00008     Document Type: Article

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