Preferential radiosensitization of 9L glioma cells transduced with HSV-tk gene by acyclovir
- 1 January 1997
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Neuro-Oncology
- Vol. 33 (3) , 189-194
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1005764324900
Abstract
The antiviral drug acyclovir, an analogue of purine,was found to selectively enhance the radiosensitivity ofrodent tumor cells which were transduced with theherpes simplex virus thymidine kinase gene...Keywords
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