Zebularine: a unique molecule for an epigenetically based strategy in cancer chemotherapy. The magic of its chemistry and biology.

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Published in Nucleosides Nucleotides Nucleic Acids on January 01, 2005

Authors

Victor E Marquez1, Joseph J Barchi, James A Kelley, Kambhampati V R Rao, Riad Agbaria, Tsipi Ben-Kasus, Jonathan C Cheng, Christine B Yoo, Peter A Jones

Author Affiliations

1: Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Center for Cancer Research, NCI at Frederick, NIH, Frederick, MD 21702, USA. marquezv@dc37a.nci.nih.gov

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