Small molecules keep mitotic kinases in check
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, J. W. Goethe-University, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, 60590 Frankfurt, Germany. strebhardt@em.uni-frankfurt.de
Abstract:
The remarkable progress in the discovery of small molecules that target protein kinases continues, and two recent reports have described alternative approaches to this task: homology modeling and phenotype-based screening. Compounds targeting the nucleotide binding pockets of polo-like kinases in particular provide significant new insights into the molecular mechanisms controlling cell-division phenotypes.
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