Protein Kinase CK2 as Regulator of Cell Survival: Implications for Cancer Therapy

Current Cancer Drug Targets

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 77-84

  Unger, G M ^a,d   Davis, A T ^a   Slaton, J W ^a,c   Ahmed, K ^a,b,c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d GeneSegues   (United States)

^e VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; CASEIN KINASE II; CASEIN KINASE IIALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; CANCER; CANCER THERAPY; CARCINOGENIC ACTIVITY; CARCINOGENICITY; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE THERAPY; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; TIME;

ANIMALS; CASEIN KINASE II; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES;

EID: 1542409972     PISSN: 15680096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1568009043481687     Document Type: Review

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