Publication Date:
1981-05-01
Description:
When the incorporation of tritiated thymidine into acid insoluble material was measured, ribavirin appeared to be a potent inhibitor of DNA synthesis in KB cells and human lymphocytes. Inhibition was nearly 100-fold less, however, when DNA synthesis was measured by incorporation of phosphorus-32-labeled phosphate or by DNA fluorescence. The potent inhibition detected by incorporation of tritiated thymidine into DNA actually was the result of a potent effect on the labeling of deoxythymidine triphosphate, not on the synthesis of DNA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Drach, J C -- Thomas, M A -- Barnett, J W -- Smith, S H -- Shipman, C Jr -- DE 02731/DE/NIDCR NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1981 May 1;212(4494):549-51.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7209549" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Cells, Cultured
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DNA/*biosynthesis
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DNA Replication/*drug effects
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Humans
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Lymphocytes/metabolism
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Phosphates/metabolism
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Ribavirin/*pharmacology
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Ribonucleosides/*pharmacology
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Thymidine/*metabolism
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Thymine Nucleotides/biosynthesis
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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