13-deoxydoxorubicin
Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-009515
An analogue of the anthracycline antineoplastic antibiotic doxorubicin. 13-Deoxydoxorubicin intercalates DNA and interacts with topoisomerase II, thereby inhibiting DNA replication and repair and RNA and protein synthesis. This agent was designed to be a non-cardiotoxic anthracycline antibiotic.
| Identifier | MLC-T-ONC-009515 |
|---|---|
| Field | Oncology and biomedicine |
| References | National Cancer Institute Thesaurus (CC BY 4.0) |
Record as JSON
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"definition": "An analogue of the anthracycline antineoplastic antibiotic doxorubicin. 13-Deoxydoxorubicin intercalates DNA and interacts with topoisomerase II, thereby inhibiting DNA replication and repair and RNA and protein synthesis. This agent was designed to be a non-cardiotoxic anthracycline antibiotic.",
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