Comparison of DNA lesions produced by tumor-inhibitory 1,2- bis(sulfonyl)hydrazines and chloroethylnitrosoureas

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 283-291

  Penketh, Philip G ^a   Shyam, Krishnamurthy ^a   Sartorelli, Alan C ^a  

^a YALE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkylating agents; Antitumor agents; Bis(sulfonyl)hydrazines; Cross linking; DNA; Nitrosoureas

Indexed keywords

1,2 DISULFONYLHYDRAZINE DERIVATIVE; CARMUSTINE; CHLOROETHYLNITROSOUREA; HYDRAZINE DERIVATIVE; LOMUSTINE; SEMUSTINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKYLATION; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; DNA STRAND; DRUG DECOMPOSITION; DRUG HYDROLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, ALKYLATING; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; CARMUSTINE; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DNA, VIRAL; ISOCYANATES; LOMUSTINE; SEMUSTINE;

EID: 0033989782     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-2952(99)00328-7     Document Type: Article

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