Polyamines are essential for normal and neoplastic growth. Ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) is the first and rate-limiting enzyme in the polyamine biosynthetic pathway. a-Difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) is an enzyme-activated irreversible inhibitor of ODC, and a known anti-neoplastic agent. The purpose
A simple method of testing sensitivity of human tumors to antitumor agents in vivo
โ Scribed by A. Lockshin; N. I. Polyanskaya; Yu. V. Mashkovtsev; K. G. Dzyubanov
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 305 KB
- Volume
- 112
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-4888
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