Enzyme-Instructed Self-Assembly: A Multistep Process for Potential Cancer Therapy

Bioconjugate Chemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 987-999

  Zhou, Jie ^a   Xu, Bing ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DEATH; DISEASES; DRUG THERAPY; ENZYMES; ONCOLOGY;

'CURRENT; ANTICANCER DRUG; CANCER THERAPY; CENTRAL DOGMA; DRUG-RESISTANCE; ENZYMATIC TRANSFORMATION; LIGAND-RECEPTOR BINDING; MOLECULAR SELF ASSEMBLY; MOLECULAR TARGETS; MULTISTEP PROCESS;

SELF ASSEMBLY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ENZYME; LIGAND; RECEPTOR; GEL; MOLECULAR LIBRARY; NANOFIBER;

APOPTOSIS; CANCER CELL; CANCER RESISTANCE; DRUG POTENCY; ENZYME INSTRUCTED SELF ASSEMBLY; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY; TARGET CELL; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GEL; MOLECULAR LIBRARY; NEOPLASMS; PHARMACOLOGY; PROCEDURES; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; DRUG RESISTANCE, NEOPLASM; GELS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; NANOFIBERS; NEOPLASMS; SMALL MOLECULE LIBRARIES;

EID: 84934954760     PISSN: 10431802     EISSN: 15204812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.5b00196     Document Type: Review

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