The discovery of receptor tyrosine kinases: Targets for cancer therapy

Nature Reviews Cancer

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 361-370

  Gschwind, Andreas ^b   Fischer, Oliver M ^a   Ullrich, Axel ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b GENENTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2,4 DIMETHYL 5 (2 OXO 1H INDOL 3 YLMETHYLENE) 3 PYRROLEPROPIONIC ACID; 4 [6 METHOXY 7 [3 (1 PIPERIDINYL)PROPOXY] 4 QUINAZOLINYL] 1 PIPERAZINECARBOXYLIC ACID (4 ISOPROPOXYPHENYL)AMIDE; AGO 13736; BEVACIZUMAB; CANERTINIB; CDP 860; CETUXIMAB; CP 549632; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; ERLOTINIB; GEFITINIB; GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; IMATINIB; LIGAND; MIDOSTAURIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PELITINIB; PERTUZUMAB; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; SEMAXANIB; SUNITINIB; TRASTUZUMAB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANDETANIB; VATALANIB;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CANCER; CANCER THERAPY; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL SURFACE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 2342591455     PISSN: 1474175X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrc1360     Document Type: Review

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