Photodamaging of Mitochondrial DNA to Overcome Cisplatin Resistance by a RuII -PtII Bimetallic Complex

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Published on: August 23, 2018

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Yue Zheng1, Dong-Yang Zhang1, Hang Zhang1

  • 1MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, P. R. China.

Chemistry (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany)
|September 29, 2018
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Keywords:
DNA damageantitumor agentsdrug resistanceheterobimetallic complexmitochondrial DNAphotodynamic therapy

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