UCT1072s, new antitumor antibiotics with topoisomerase II mediated DNA cleavage activity, from Aspergillus sp.

Journal of Antibiotics

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1046-1049

  Asai, Akira ^a   Yamashita, Yoshinori ^a   Ando, Katsuhiko ^a   Kakita, Shingo ^a   Kita, Katsunori ^a   Suzuki, Yasuhiro ^a   Mihara, Akira ^a   Ashizawa, Tadashi ^a   Mizukami, Tamio ^a   Nakano, Hirofumi ^a  

^a KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC ANTIBIOTIC; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); ETOPOSIDE; UCT 1072; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERSICOLORIN B;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CLEAVAGE; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASPERGILLUS;

EID: 0032785930     PISSN: 00218820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7164/antibiotics.52.1046     Document Type: Article

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