The quest for a simple bioactive analog of paclitaxel as a potential anticancer agent

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2682-2691

  Kingston, David G I ^a   Snyder, James P ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DOCETAXEL; PACLITAXEL; PROTEIN BINDING; TAXOID; TUBULIN; WATER;

ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BINDING SITES; PACLITAXEL; PROTEIN BINDING; TAXOIDS; THERMODYNAMICS; TUBULIN; WATER;

EID: 84906236246     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar500203h     Document Type: Article

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