The rTS signaling pathway as a target for drug development

Clinical Colorectal Cancer

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-60

  Dolnick, Bruce J ^a  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acyl homocysteine lactone; Antisense RNA; Growth regulation; Thymidylate synthase

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; FLUOROURACIL; GENE PRODUCT; HOMOSERINE; LACTONE; MESSENGER RNA; METHOTREXATE; RALTITREXED; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE ALPHA; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE BETA; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

CANCER CELL CULTURE; COLON CANCER; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; DRUG TARGETING; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; DOWN-REGULATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

EID: 21844472275     PISSN: 15330028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3816/CCC.2005.n.017     Document Type: Article

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