Plant ribonucleases and nucleases as antiproliferative agens targeting human tumors growing in mice

Recent Patents on DNA and Gene Sequences

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-39

  Matoušek, Jaroslav ^a   Matoušek, Josef ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Anticancer; Antiproliferative cytotoxic; Effect human; Nuclease; Plant ribonuclease

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENIN; ANTIMITOTIC AGENT; MACROGOL; NUCLEASE; RANPIRNASE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; RIBONUCLEASE; RIBONUCLEASE A; RIBONUCLEASE H; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER SIZE; CYTOSTASIS; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG STABILITY; HUMAN; HUMULUS LUPULUS; MELANOMA; MUNG BEAN; NONHUMAN; PATENT; PINE; PLANT LEAF; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPERMATOGENESIS; TOMATO; WHEAT;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENDONUCLEASES; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MICE; MICE, NUDE; PLANT PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEASES; XENOGRAFT MODEL ANTITUMOR ASSAYS;

BOVINAE; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; PINUS NIGRA; VIGNA RADIATA VAR. RADIATA;

EID: 77950524242     PISSN: 18722156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/187221510790410813     Document Type: Review

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