| Literature DB >> 8712715 |
S Withoff1, S De Jong, E G De Vries, N H Mulder.
Abstract
Recently, it has been discovered that DNA topoisomerases are the target of many anti-cancer drugs which were already widely used in the clinic. Using the latest molecular biological techniques much has been learned about the function of DNA topoisomerases in normal cells and in cancer cells, and about how anticancer drugs inhibit these enzymes. In this review we present an overview of the function of human type II DNA topoisomerases, how they are inhibited by certain drugs and on how cancer cells may become resistant to these drugs.Entities:
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Year: 1996 PMID: 8712715
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Anticancer Res ISSN: 0250-7005 Impact factor: 2.480