acridine carboxamide

Definition / meaning of acridine carboxamide

An agent that inhibits Topoisomerase II and intercalates with a DNA hexanucleotide, causing DNA damage and inhibition of DNA replication, RNA and protein synthesis.

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The Web site of the National Cancer Institute (http://www.cancer.gov/)

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