Are we using the right pharmacological tools to target EphA4?

ACS Chemical Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1146-1147

  Tognolini, Massimiliano ^a   Incerti, Matteo ^a   Lodola, Alessio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Compound 1; Eph ephrin antagonist; EphA4; Rhynchophylline; UniPR129

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN RECEPTOR A4; RHYNCHOPHYLLINE; SALICYLIC ACID; 4-(2,5-DIMETHYLPYRROL-1-Y1)-2-HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID; INDOLE ALKALOID; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; RHYNCOPHYLLINE; SALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG TARGETING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; INDOLE ALKALOIDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PYRROLES; RECEPTOR, EPHA4; SALICYLATES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84918588154     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cn500285h     Document Type: Article

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