Selective Inhibition of Mammalian DNA Polymerase by Vitamin D2 and D3

As described previously (H. Togashi et al. Biochem Pharmacol. 1998;56:583–590), the irradiated products of provitamin D2 (ergosterol) inhibit the activities of eukaryotic DNA polymerases. In this report, therefore, we investigated whether vitamin D and its related compounds inhibited the activities...

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Main Authors: Yoshiyuki Mizushina, Xianai Xu, Chikako Murakami, Toshio Okano, Masaharu Takemura, Hiromi Yoshida, Kengo Sakaguchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2003-01-01
Series:Journal of Pharmacological Sciences
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S134786131932660X