Topoisomerase I inhibitors: Camptothecins and beyond

Nature Reviews Cancer

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 789-802

  Pommier, Yves ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

7 ETHYL 10 HYDROXYCAMPTOTHECIN; 9 AMINOCAMPTOTHECIN; ALKALOID; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ARC 111; BMS 250749; BSC 724998; CAMPTOTHECIN DERIVATIVE; CARBAZOLE DERIVATIVE; DB 67; DE 310; DIFLOMOTECAN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE INHIBITOR; DX 8591F; EXATECAN; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; GIMATECAN; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; IRINOTECAN; KARENITECIN; LURTOTECAN; NSC 706744; NSC 724998; NSC 725776; PACLITAXEL; PHENANTHRIDINE DERIVATIVE; PROTHECAN; RUBITECAN; S 39625; SILATECAN; TOPOTECAN; TOPOVALE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INHIBITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; DRUG TARGETING; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MACROMOLECULE; MELANOMA; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; SIDE EFFECT; SOLID TUMOR; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CAMPTOTHECIN; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE I; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33749034730     PISSN: 1474175X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrc1977     Document Type: Conference Paper

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