Raf kinases: Oncogenesis and drug discovery

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 119, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2261-2271

  Schreck, Ralf ^a   Rapp, Ulf R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer; Clinical trials; Drug delivery; Mitogenic cascade; Raf kinases; Signal transduction; Transformation

Indexed keywords

2 (2 CHLORO 4 IODOANILINO) N CYCLOPROPYLMETHOXY 3,4 DIFLUOROBENZAMIDE; A RAF KINASE; AAL 881; ANSAMYCIN DERIVATIVE; B RAF KINASE; C RAF KINASE; CARBOPLATIN; CHIR 265; GELDANAMYCIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 40; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90; HISTONE DEACETYLASE INHIBITOR; L 779450; LBT 613; N [5 (3 DIMETHYLAMINOBENZAMIDO) 2 METHYLPHENYL] 4 HYDROXYBENZAMIDE; PACLITAXEL; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE BINDING PROTEIN; PLX 4032; PYRAZINE DERIVATIVE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; RAF PROTEIN; SB 590885; SORAFENIB; TUMOR ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CANCER INHIBITION; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG INDICATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MELANOMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WILD TYPE;

EID: 33749635119     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.22144     Document Type: Short Survey

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