The structural mechanisms that underpin mitotic kinase activation

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1037-1041

  Dodson, Charlotte A ^a   Haq, Tamanna ^b   Yeoh, Sharon ^b   Fry, Andrew M ^b   Bayliss, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activation mechanism; Aurora A; Drug discovery; Nek7; Protein kinase; Structural biology

Indexed keywords

AURORA A KINASE; BUB ENZYME; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE; NEK7 ENZYME; NEK9 ENZYME; NIMA RELATED KINASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; POLO LIKE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ENZYME ACTIVATION; MITOSIS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN KINASES;

EID: 84880565900     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST20130066     Document Type: Article

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