Potent Inhibitor of N-Myristoylation: A Novel Molecular Target for Cancer

Cancer Research

Volumn 63, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 7975-7978

  Shrivastav, Anuraag ^a   Pasha, Mohammed K ^a   Selvakumar, Ponniah ^a   Gowda, Sweta ^a   Olson, Douglas J H ^c   Ross, Andrew R S ^c   Dimmock, Jonathan R ^b   Sharma, Rajendra K ^a  

^a Saskatoon Cancer Center   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN INHIBITOR; PROTEIN N MYRISTOYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CANCER; CATALYSIS; COLON MUCOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYRISTYLATION; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME STABILITY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE;

EID: 0345707571     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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