Role of arginine and its methylated derivatives in cancer biology and treatment

Cancer Cell International

Volumn 1, Issue , 2001, Pages

  Szende, Bela ^a   Tyihák, Erno ^b   Trézl, Lajos ^c  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGINASE; ARGININE; ARGININE DERIVATIVE; DEXTRO ARGININE; DOXORUBICIN; FORMALDEHYDE; GUANIDINE; HEXAPEPTIDE; N(G) HYDROXYARGININE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

AMINO ACID DEFICIENCY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER THERAPY; CANCER TRANSPLANTATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; EHRLICH ASCITES TUMOR; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LYMPHOMA; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN METHYLATION; RAT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; YOSHIDA SARCOMA;

EID: 0041999112     PISSN: 14752867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2867-1-3     Document Type: Article

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