Organic Chemical
aprinocarsen
Definitions related to aprinocarsen:
  • A substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer.
    NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • 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. (NCI04)
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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