The PIM Family of Serine/Threonine Kinases in Cancer

Medicinal Research Reviews

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 136-159

  Narlik Grassow, Maja ^a   Blanco Aparicio, Carmen ^a   Carnero, Amancio ^b,c  

^a Centro Nacional de Investigations Oncológicas   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla   (Spain)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cancer; Oncogenes; PIM kinases

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; PIM PROTEIN; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL FUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SOLID TUMOR; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TUMOR GROWTH;

CANCER; ONCOGENES; PIM KINASES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARCINOGENESIS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOPLASMS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84894595421     PISSN: 01986325     EISSN: 10981128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/med.21284     Document Type: Article

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