Bacterial amidohydrolases and modified 5-fluorocytidine compounds: Novel enzyme-prodrug pairs.

Gene-directed enzyme prodrug therapy is an emerging strategy for cancer treatment based on the delivery of a gene that encodes an enzyme that is able to convert a prodrug into a potent cytotoxin exclusively in target cancer cells. However, it is limited by the lack of suitable enzyme variants and a...

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Main Authors: Viktorija Preitakaitė, Povilas Barasa, Agota Aučynaitė, Gediminas Plakys, Martyna Koplūnaitė, Simona Zubavičiūtė, Rolandas Meškys
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0294696&type=printable