Epothilones and their analogues - A new class of promising microtubule inhibitors

Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 951-968

  Florsheimer A ^a   Altmann, K H ^a  

^a Corporate Research ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anticancer drugs; Cancer chemotherapy; Epothilone analogues; Epothilones; Microtubule inhibitors; Natural products

Indexed keywords

EPOTHILONE A; EPOTHILONE B; EPOTHILONE D; EPOTHILONE DERIVATIVE; IXABEPILONE; PACLITAXEL; TUBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; COLON CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GENE CLUSTER; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 0034970301     PISSN: 13543776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/13543776.11.6.951     Document Type: Review

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