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The benzoquinone ansamycin 17-allylamino-17-demethoxygeldanamycin binds to HSP90 and shares important biologic activities with geldanamycin.
Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology - 1 Jan 1998
Schulte T W, Neckers L M
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PURPOSE: Benzoquinone ansamycins are antibiotics with anticancer potential. First described as tyrosine kinase inhibitors, they are now frequently used to target HSP90 chaperone function. While herbimycin A and geldanamycin (GA) have been widely used in preclinical studies, both drugs are poor candidates for clinical trials owing to their in vivo toxicity and lack of stability. We therefore examined the biologic...
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