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Aclacinomycin A stabilizes topoisomerase I covalent complexes.
Cancer research - 15 Oct 1997
Nitiss J L, Pourquier P, Pommier Y
Abstract excerpt
Aclacinomycin A (aclarubicin) is an anthracycline anticancer agent with demonstrated activity against both leukemias and solid tumors. Previous results suggested that a major activity of aclacinomycin A is the inhibition of topoisomerase II catalytic activity. We have applied a yeast system to test whether aclacinomycin A is a topoisomerase II inhibitor in vivo and to test whether we could identify other...
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