GTI-2040

Definition / meaning of GTI-2040

A 20-mer antisense oligonucleotide complementary to a coding region in the mRNA of the R2 small subunit component of human ribonucleotide reductase. GTI-2040 decreases mRNA and protein levels of R2 in vitro and may inhibit tumor cell proliferation in human tumors in vivo.

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

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