A Novel Carbazole Derivative, BMVC: a Potential Antitumor Agent and Fluorescence Marker of Cancer Cells

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We have investigated a novel compound, 3,6-bis[2-(1-methylpyridinium)vinyl]carbazole diiodide (BMVC), for inhibiting telomerase activity and distinguishing human lung H1299 and oral Ca9-22 cancer cells from lung IMR90 and skin Detroit-551 normal fibroblast cells. The telomeric repeat amplification protocol (TRAP) assay shows that the concentration of BMVC that inhibits 50% of the telomerase activity (IC50) is ca....

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