Methionine dependence of tumours: A biochemical strategy for optimizing paclitaxel chemosensitivity in vitro

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 772-778

  Pavillard, Valerie ^a   Nicolaou, Anna ^a   Double, John A ^a   Phillips, Roger M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemosensitivity; Homocysteine; Methionine dependence; Paclitaxel; Vinblastine

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE; METHIONINE; PACLITAXEL; VINBLASTINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG SCREENING ASSAYS, ANTITUMOR; HUMANS; METHIONINE; MICE; NEOPLASMS; PACLITAXEL; RATS; VINBLASTINE;

EID: 32144460483     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2005.12.014     Document Type: Article

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