Induction of dna breaks and apoptosis in crosslink-hypersensitive v79 cells by the cytostatic drug β-d-glucosyl-ifosfamide mustard

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 130-135

  Becker, R ^a   Ritter, A ^a   Eichhorn, U ^a   Lips, J ^a   Bertram, B ^b   Wiessler, M ^b   Zdzienicka, M Z ^c   Kaina, B ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cancer therapy; Cyclophosphamide; DNA breaks; DNA repair

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; CYTOSTATIC AGENT; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; IFOSFAMIDE; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASES; CRICETINAE; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; PHOSPHORAMIDE MUSTARDS;

EID: 0037033737     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6600027     Document Type: Article

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