A simple and sensitive ribonucleotide reductase assay

Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 62-68

  Jong, Ambrose Y ^a,b,d   Yu, Kefei ^a,b   Zhou, Bingsen ^c   Frgala, Tomǎs ^a,b   Reynolds, Patrick ^a,b   Yen, Yun ^c  

^a Division of Hematology and Oncology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

Enzyme assay; Ribonucleotide reductase

Indexed keywords

OXIDOREDUCTASE; RIBONUCLEASE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0031947571     PISSN: 10217770     EISSN: 14230127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02253357     Document Type: Article

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