DNA synthesis as a therapeutic target: The first 65 years

FASEB Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2231-2237

  Mathews, Christopher K ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOPTERIN; CYTARABINE; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; DNA; FLOXURIDINE; FLUOROURACIL; HYDROXYUREA; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE; TIOGUANINE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; COLON CANCER; CROHN DISEASE; DNA CONTENT; DNA SYNTHESIS; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NONHUMAN; OSTEOSARCOMA; PANCREAS CANCER; POLYCYTHEMIA VERA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SKIN DEFECT; STOMACH CANCER; THROMBOCYTOSIS;

AMINOPTERIN; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; DNA REPLICATION; FLUOROURACIL; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID ANTAGONISTS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; HYDROXYUREA; METHOTREXATE; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE;

EID: 84861787837     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.12-0602ufm     Document Type: Review

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