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Epothilone B and its Analogs - A New Family of Anticancer Agents
1 Mar 2003
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Epothilones are naturally occurring 16-membered macrolides with the ability to promote tubulin polymerization in vitro and to stabilize preformed microtubules against Ca(2+)- or cold-induced depolymerization. In contrast to paclitaxel (Taxol((R))) epothilones are also active in vitro against multidrug-resistant cancer cell lines as well as cell lines whose paclitaxel-resistance is derived from specific...
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