The nitroreductase enzyme in walker cells that activates 5-(aziridin-1-yl)-2,4-dinitrobenzamide (CB 1954) to 5-(aziridin-1-YL)-4-hydroxylamino-2-nitrobenzamide is a form of NAD(P)H dehydrogenase (quinone) (EC 1.6.99.2)
- 1 December 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Biochemical Pharmacology
- Vol. 37 (24) , 4671-4677
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0006-2952(88)90336-x
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