CDC25A-inhibitory RE derivatives bind to pocket adjacent to the catalytic site

Ayako Tsuchiya1, Miwako Asanuma, Go Hirai

  • 1RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.

Molecular Biosystems
|March 8, 2013
PubMed

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