Computational Investigation of Cancer-Associated Molecular Mechanism in Aurora A (S155R) Mutation

Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 787-796

  Kumar, Ambuj ^a   Rajendran, Vidya ^a   Sethumadhavan, Rao ^a   Purohit, Rituraj ^a,b  

^a VIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Human Genetics Foundation   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aurora A; Cancer; Centrosome; Molecular dynamics simulation; S155R mutation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880943928     PISSN: 10859195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12013-013-9524-9     Document Type: Article

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