Cancer Letters
Volume 262, Issue 1 , Pages 123-132 , 8 April 2008

Monitoring incorporation, transformation and subcellular distribution of N-l-leucyl-doxorubicin in uterine sarcoma cells using capillary electrophoretic techniques

Received 6 August 2007 ,Revised 27 November 2007 ,Accepted 27 November 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.canlet.2007.11.034

Cancer Letters
Volume 262, Issue 1 , Pages 123-132 , 8 April 2008