The downregulation of asparagine synthetase expression can increase the sensitivity of cells resistant to L-asparaginase [13]

Leukemia

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2199-2201

  Li, B S ^a   Gu, L J ^a   Luo, C Y ^a   Li, W S ^a   Jiang, L M ^a   Shen, S H ^a   Jiang, H ^a   Zhang, B ^a   Chen, J ^a   Xue, H L ^a   Tang, J Y ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINASE; ASPARTATE AMMONIA LIGASE; MESSENGER RNA; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER RESISTANCE; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LETTER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EID: 33751221961     PISSN: 08876924     EISSN: 14765551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2404423     Document Type: Letter

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