Apoptotic cell death induced by baccatin III, a precursor of paclitaxel, may occur without G2/M arrest

Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 444-452

  Miller III, Merrill C ^a   Johnson, Korey R ^a   Willingham, Mark C ^a,b   Fan, Weimin ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Baccatin III; Bcl 2; Mitotic arrest; Paclitaxel

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BACCATIN III; DNA FRAGMENT; PACLITAXEL;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONTENT; DNA NICK TRANSLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALKALOIDS; APOPTOSIS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL CYCLE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA, NEOPLASM; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; G2 PHASE; HUMANS; KB CELLS; MICROTUBULES; MITOSIS; NUCLEOSOMES; PACLITAXEL; TAXOIDS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0032731664     PISSN: 03445704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002800051117     Document Type: Article

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