Virus-directed enzyme prodrug therapy and the assessment of the cytotoxic impact of some benzimidazole derivatives

Virus-directed enzyme prodrug therapy is one of the major strategy of increasing cytotoxicity of bioreductive agents. This research intended to examine new selected benzimidazole derivatives as a substrate for nitroreductase, the enzyme involved in nitroreduction which is responsible to the producti...

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Main Authors: Michał Szewczuk, Karolina Boguszewska, Marta Żebrowska, Ewa Balcerczak, Marta Stasiak, Maria Świątkowska, Katarzyna Błaszczak-Świątkiewicz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOS Press 2017-07-01
Series:Tumor Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1010428317713675