Acquired resistance of melanoma cells to the antineoplastic agent fotemustine is caused by reactivation of the DNA repair gene MGMT

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 123-129

  Christmann, Markus ^a   Pick, Matthias ^a   Lage, Hermann ^b   Schadendorf, Dirk ^c   Kaina, Bernd ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alkyltransferase; DNA repair; Drug resistance; Melanoma

Indexed keywords

6 O BENZYLGUANINE; AZACITIDINE; FOTEMUSTINE; METHYLATED DNA PROTEIN CYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; CROSS RESISTANCE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPAIR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE ACTIVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MELANOMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0035313980     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0215(200102)9999:9999<::AID-IJC1160>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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