Dose-dependent inhibition of ribonuclease P activity by anthralin

Skin Pharmacology and Applied Skin Physiology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 128-132

  Drainas, D ^a   Papadimou, E ^b   Monastirli, A ^b   Tsambaos, D ^b   Merk, H F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dithranol; Ribozymes; RNase P

Indexed keywords

DITHRANOL; RIBONUCLEASE P; TRANSFER RNA;

ALLOSTERISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME INHIBITION; MOULD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA SYNTHESIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0034128488     PISSN: 14222868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000029917     Document Type: Article

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