A Drosophila model to identify polyamine-drug conjugates that target the polyamine transporter in an intact epithelium

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 324-330

  Tsen, Chung ^a   Iltis, Mark ^a   Kaur, Navneet ^a   Bayer, Cynthia ^a   Delcros, Jean Guy ^b   Von Kalm, Laurence ^a   Phanstiel, Otto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACENE; ANTHRACENE POLYAMINE CONJUGATE; GROWTH FACTOR; POLYAMINE; POLYAMINE DERIVATIVE; POLYAMINE TRANSPORTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DROSOPHILA; DRUG CONJUGATION; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG SELECTIVITY; DRUG TARGETING; EPITHELIUM; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENETIC SCREENING; IMAGINAL DISC; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; POLYAMINE TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT KINETICS; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; ANTHRACENES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; EPITHELIUM; EXTREMITIES; LARVA; LEUKEMIA L1210; POLYAMINES;

EID: 38349111992     PISSN: 00222623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jm701198s     Document Type: Article

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