Homocysteine is a potent inhibitor of human tumor cell gelatinases

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 303, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 572-575

  Chavarría, Teresa ^a   Rodríguez Nieto, Salvador ^a   Sánchez Jiménez, Francisca ^a   Quesada, Ana R ^a   Medina, Miguel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gelatinases; Homocysteine; HT 1080 cells; Matrix metalloproteinases; U2 OS cells

Indexed keywords

GELATINASE; GELATINASE B; GELATINASE INHIBITOR; HOMOCYSTEINE; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENCY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR CELL LINE; ZYMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037418766     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(03)00382-6     Document Type: Article

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