A bifunctional platinum(II) antitumor agent that forms DNA adducts with affinity for the estrogen receptor

A strategy is described for the re-design of DNA damaging platinum(II) complexes to afford elevated toxicity towards cancer cells expressing the estrogen receptor (ER). Two platinum-based toxicants are described in which a DNA damaging warhead, [Pt(en)Cl[subscript 2]] (en, ethylenediamine), is tethe...

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Main Authors: Kim, Eunsuk, Rye, Peter T., Essigmann, John M., Croy, Robert G.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Environmental Health Sciences
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Elsevier 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/99185
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2196-5691