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Cellular folates prevent polyglutamation of 5, 10-dideazatetrahydrofolate. A novel mechanism of resistance to folate antimetabolites.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 2 Oct 1998
Tse A, Moran R G
Abstract excerpt
Mouse L1210 cell variants were selected for resistance to 5, 10-dideazatetrahydrofolate, a potent inhibitor of the first folate-dependent enzyme in de novo purine synthesis, glycinamide ribonucleotide formyltransferase. The drug-resistant phenotype selected was conditional to the folate compound used to support growth: grown on folic acid cells were 400-fold resistant, whereas they were 2.5-fold more sensitive to...
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