Molecular targets of guanine nucleotides in differentiation, proliferation and apoptosis

Anticancer Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 2329-2338

  Yalowitz, Joel A ^a   Jayaram, Hiremagalur N ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MS407 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Antimetabolites; Apoptosis; Cancer chemotherapy; Differentiation; Growth inhibition; GTP

Indexed keywords

ADENYLOSUCCINATE LYASE; ADENYLOSUCCINATE SYNTHASE; BENZAMIDE DERIVATIVE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GLUTAMINASE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE PHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INOSINATE DEHYDROGENASE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PROTEIN P53; PURINE ANTAGONIST; RIBAVIRIN; TIAZOFURIN; URATE OXIDASE; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

APOPTOSIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE; PURINE METABOLISM; PURINE SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GENES, P53; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HUMANS; IMP DEHYDROGENASE;

EID: 0033868109     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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