Leukemia Research
Volume 27, Issue 9 , Pages 823-829 , September 2003

Influence of protein phosphatase inhibitors on HL60 cells death induction by dehydrocrotonin

  • Ana Claudia Galvão Freire

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biology, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), CP 6109, Campinas 13083-970, São Paulo, Brazil
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  • Cristiane Fernandes de Assis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biology, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), CP 6109, Campinas 13083-970, São Paulo, Brazil
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  • Alexander Otto Frick

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biology, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), CP 6109, Campinas 13083-970, São Paulo, Brazil
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  • Patrı́cia da Silva Melo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biology, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), CP 6109, Campinas 13083-970, São Paulo, Brazil
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  • Marcela Haun

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biology, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), CP 6109, Campinas 13083-970, São Paulo, Brazil
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  • Hiroshi Aoyama

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biology, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), CP 6109, Campinas 13083-970, São Paulo, Brazil
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  • Nelson Durán

      Affiliations

    • Biological Chemistry Laboratory, Institute of Chemistry, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), CP 6154, Campinas 13081-970, São Paulo, Brazil
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  • Mariana Melillo Sauer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infectoparasitaries Diseases (DIPA), Immunology Laboratory, EPM/UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brazil
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  • Ésper Georges Kallás

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infectoparasitaries Diseases (DIPA), Immunology Laboratory, EPM/UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brazil
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  • Carmen Verı́ssima Ferreira

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biology, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), CP 6109, Campinas 13083-970, São Paulo, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Fax: +55-19-3788-3124.

Received 16 August 2002 ,Accepted 21 December 2002.

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Leukemia Research
Volume 27, Issue 9 , Pages 823-829 , September 2003

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