Inhibition of RNA synthesis in vitro by acridines - Relation between structure and activity

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 53, Issue 5-6, 1998, Pages 359-368

  Piestrzeniewicz, Mariola K ^a   Wilmańska, Dorota ^a   Studzian, Kazimierz ^a   Szemraj, Janusz ^a   Czyz, Małgorzata ^a   Denny, William A ^b   Gniazdowski, Marek ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

9 AMINOACRIDINE CARBOXAMIDE; 9 ANILINOACRIDINE; AMSACRINE; CELL CULTURE; CYTOTOXICITY; DIACRIDINE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME INHIBITION; PROFLAVINE; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; RNA POLYMERASE; RNA STRUCTURE; RNA SYNTHESIS; TRIACRIDINE;

EID: 2642643777     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-1998-5-610     Document Type: Article

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