Transcription inhibition as a therapeutic target for cancer

Cancers

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 4170-4190

  Stellrecht, Christine M ^a   Chen, Lisa S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclin dependent kinase inhibitors; Gene expression; Oncogene addiction; Ribonucleoside analogs; Transcription inhibitors

Indexed keywords

3 DEAZANEPLANOCIN A; 4 AMINO 6 HYDRAZINO 7 BETA DEXTRO RIBOFURANOSYL 7H PYRROLO(2,3 D)PYRIMIDINE 5 CARBOXAMIDE; 8 AMINOADENOSINE; 8 CHLOROADENOSINE; ALPHA AMANITIN; AT 5719; AT 8319; CORDYCEPIN; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR; DACTINOMYCIN; DINACICLIB; FLAVOPIRIDOL; FLUDARABINE; MESSENGER RNA; N [5 (5 TERT BUTYL 2 OXAZOLYLMETHYLTHIO) 2 THIAZOLYL]ISONIPECOTAMIDE; NEPLANOCIN A; P 27600; R 547; RGB 286638; RIBONUCLEOSIDE DERIVATIVE; RITUXIMAB; ROSCOVITINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADVANCED CANCER; APOPTOSIS; BREAST CARCINOMA; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG TARGETING; EWING SARCOMA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSCRIPTION INHIBITION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; IC 50; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LEUKEMIA P 388; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MANTLE CELL LYMPHOMA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE MYC; OVARY CARCINOMA; POLYADENYLATION; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; RNA SYNTHESIS; SOLID TUMOR; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 84055184475     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/cancers3044170     Document Type: Review

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