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  • noun Plural form of camptothecin.

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  • Understanding Top1 also is clinically important, because the enzyme is the target of anti-cancer drugs called camptothecins, which prevent Top1 from resealing the nicked DNA, keeping the replication machinery from working, and killing proliferating cancer cells.

    unknown title 2009

  • Understanding Top1 also is clinically important, because the enzyme is the target of anti-cancer drugs called camptothecins, which prevent Top1 from resealing the nicked DNA, keeping the replication machinery from working, and killing proliferating cancer cells.

    unknown title 2009

  • Understanding Top1 also is clinically important, because the enzyme is the target of anti-cancer drugs called camptothecins, which prevent Top1 from resealing the nicked DNA, keeping the replication machinery from working, and killing proliferating cancer cells.

    unknown title 2009

  • Understanding Top1 also is clinically important, because the enzyme is the target of anti-cancer drugs called camptothecins, which prevent Top1 from resealing the nicked DNA, keeping the replication machinery from working, and killing proliferating cancer cells.

    unknown title 2009

  • Understanding Top1 also is clinically important, because the enzyme is the target of anti-cancer drugs called camptothecins, which prevent Top1 from resealing the nicked DNA, keeping the replication machinery from working, and killing proliferating cancer cells.

    unknown title 2009

  • Understanding Top1 also is clinically important, because the enzyme is the target of anti-cancer drugs called camptothecins, which prevent Top1 from resealing the nicked DNA, keeping the replication machinery from working, and killing proliferating cancer cells.

    unknown title 2009

  • Understanding Top1 also is clinically important, because the enzyme is the target of anti-cancer drugs called camptothecins, which prevent Top1 from resealing the nicked DNA, keeping the replication machinery from working, and killing proliferating cancer cells.

    unknown title 2009

  • Understanding Top1 also is clinically important, because the enzyme is the target of anti-cancer drugs called camptothecins, which prevent Top1 from resealing the nicked DNA, keeping the replication machinery from working, and killing proliferating cancer cells.

    unknown title 2009

  • Most cytotoxic agents bind DNA's major groove, have little sequence-specificity, and are severely toxic to normal tissues (including topoisomerase inhibitors, such as camptothecins and anthracyclines).

    RedOrbit News - Technology 2010

  • Moreover, Recql5 expression was recently shown to be an important determinant in sensitivity to camptothecins, a class of anticancer drugs that are currently used to treat human colon cancer patients.

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

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