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aprinocarsen

A synthetic phosphorothioate oligodeoxynucleotide. As an antisense molecule, aprinocarsen hybridizes to the 3-untranslated region of the human protein kinase C (PKC-alpha) mRNA, thereby inhibiting PKC-alpha expression and growth of PKC-alpha-dependent tumor cells.
Synonym:DNA, d(P-thio)(GTTCTCGCTGGTGAGTTTCA)
protein kinase C-alpha antisense
US brand name:Affinitac
Affinitak
Code name:CGP 64128A
LY900003
NSC code:719337
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