Bioflavonoids as poisons of human topoisomerase II alpha and II beta.

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Published in Biochemistry on April 26, 2007

Authors

Omari J Bandele1, Neil Osheroff

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1: Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146, USA.

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