Tumor Repression of VCaP Xenografts by a Pyrrole-Imidazole Polyamide.

Pyrrole-imidazole (Py-Im) polyamides are high affinity DNA-binding small molecules that can inhibit protein-DNA interactions. In VCaP cells, a human prostate cancer cell line overexpressing both AR and the TMPRSS2-ERG gene fusion, an androgen response element (ARE)-targeted Py-Im polyamide significa...

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Main Authors: Amanda E Hargrove, Thomas F Martinez, Alissa A Hare, Alexis A Kurmis, John W Phillips, Sudha Sud, Kenneth J Pienta, Peter B Dervan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4646452?pdf=render