A fatal combination: a thymidylate synthase inhibitor with DNA damaging activity.

2'-Deoxy-5-ethynyluridine (EdU) has been previously shown to be a cell poison whose toxicity depends on the particular cell line. The reason is not known. Our data indicates that different efficiency of EdU incorporation plays an important role. The EdU-mediated toxicity was elevated by the inh...

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Main Authors: Anna Ligasová, Dmytro Strunin, David Friedecký, Tomáš Adam, Karel Koberna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4324964?pdf=render