Blockage of abasic site repair enhances antitumor efficacy of 1,3-bis-(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea in colon tumor xenografts

Molecular Cancer Therapeutics

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1061-1066

  Liu, Lili ^a   Yan, Ling ^a   Donze, Jon R ^a   Gerson, Stanton L ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATING AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARMUSTINE; METHYLATED DNA PROTEIN CYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANCER TRANSPLANTATION; CELL DIVISION; COLON TUMOR; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG POTENTIATION; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NUDE MOUSE; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, ALKYLATING; CARMUSTINE; CELL DIVISION; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG SYNERGISM; MICE; MICE, NUDE; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; O(6)-METHYLGUANINE-DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2442684173     PISSN: 15357163     EISSN: 15388514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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