Enhancement of the cytolytic effect of anti-bacterial cecropin by the microvilli of cancer cells

Anticancer Research

Volumn 18, Issue 6 A, 1998, Pages 4467-4474

  Chan, Siu Chiu ^a   Hui, Ling ^a   Chen, Hueih Min ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cecropin; Peptides; Tumor cells and lysis

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC ANTIBIOTIC; CECROPIN; TRYPAN BLUE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; MICROVILLUS; MOUSE; NITROBLUE TETRAZOLIUM TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STOMACH CARCINOMA; TUMOR CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INSECT PROTEINS; LEUKEMIA; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROVILLI; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0032436788     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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