Mitocans as anti-cancer agents targeting mitochondria: lessons from studies with vitamin E analogues, inhibitors of complex II.

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Published in J Bioenerg Biomembr on February 01, 2007

Authors

Jiri Neuzil1, Jeffrey C Dyason, Ruth Freeman, Lan-Feng Dong, Lubomir Prochazka, Xiu-Fang Wang, Immo Scheffler, Stephen J Ralph

Author Affiliations

1: Apoptosis Research Group, School of Medical Science, Griffith University, Southport, Qld, Australia. j.neuzil@griffith.edu.au

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