| Literature DB >> 8448170 |
Abstract
Epoxides are cancer-causing agents chemically analogous to the nitrogen mustards, a family of powerful antitumor drugs. We found that the DNA interstrand cross-linking sequence preference of diepoxybutane is the same as that of the mustard mechlorethamine: 5'-GNC. Therefore, the genomic site of cross-linking alone cannot explain why some interstrand cross-linkers act as antitumor agents whereas others are deadly toxins.Entities:
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Year: 1993 PMID: 8448170 DOI: 10.1021/bi00059a034
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochemistry ISSN: 0006-2960 Impact factor: 3.162