Peptidyl membrane-interactive molecules are cytotoxic to prostatic cancer cells in vitro

World Journal of Urology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 405-409

  Robertson, Cary N ^a   Roberson, Kathryn M ^a   Pinero, Aaron ^a   Jaynes, Jesse M ^a   Paulson, David F ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PEPTIDE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; BLADDER TUMOR; BREAST TUMOR; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; COLON TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LD 50; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PROSTATE TUMOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; CELL SURVIVAL; CISPLATIN; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LETHAL DOSE 50; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PEPTIDES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032240466     PISSN: 07244983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003450050091     Document Type: Article

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