Suicide Gene Product Prodrug Drug
Herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase Ganciclovir Ganciclovir triphosphate
Varicella-Zoster virus thymidine kinase 6-Methoxypurine arabinoside Adenine arabinoside triphosphate
Cytosine deaminase 5-Fluorocytosine 5-Fluorouracil
Purine nucleoside phosphorylase 6-Methylpurine-2-deoxyriboside 6-Methylpurine
Nitroreductase 5-Aziridinyl-2,4-dinitrobenzamide 5-(Aziridinyl)-4-hidroxylamine-2-nitrobenzamide
Beta-Galatosidase N-[4”-(beta-d-galactopyranosyl)-3”-nitrobenzyloxycarbonyl]daunomycin Daunomycin
Hepatic cytochrome P450-2B1 Cyclophosphamide and Ifosfamide Phosphoramide mustard and acrolein
Linamarase Linamarin Cyanide
Horseradish peroxidase Horseradish Indole-3-acetic acid and derivatives, paracetamol Free radicals
Carboxypeptidase A Methotrexate (MTX)-α-peptides MTX
Carboxypeptidase G2 N,N-[(2-chloroethyl) (2-mesyloxy-ethyl) amino] benzoyl-l-glutamic acid N,N-[(2-chloroethyl) (2-mesyloxyethyl) amino] benzoic acid
Table 1: Suicide Gene Systems.