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Induction of morphological alterations by antineoplastic agents in yeast.
Folia microbiologica - 1 Jan 2002
Stavrinidis E, Delitheos A, Tiligada E
Abstract excerpt
Saccharomyces cerevisiae was used as an alternative experimental model in order to investigate the effects of antineoplastic agents on eukaryotic cells. After being exposed to the most common clinically used antineoplastic agents, yeast cells were examined under the light microscope. Folate and pyrimidine antagonists, platinum derivatives, mitomycin C, actinomycin D and bleomycin induced alterations in yeast...
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