Pinning down the polo-box domain

被引:20
作者
Lee, Kyung S. [1 ]
Idle, Jeffrey R. [2 ]
机构
[1] NCI, Lab Metab, Ctr Canc Res, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
[2] Charles Univ Prague, Inst Pharmacol, Fac Med 1, Prague, Czech Republic
来源
CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY | 2008年 / 15卷 / 05期
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10.1016/j.chembiol.2008.04.009
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Polo-like kinase 1 (Plk1) appears to be an attractive target for anticancer therapy. In this issue of Chemistry & Biology, Reindl et al. (2008) describe the identification of a small molecule called Poloxin that appears to interfere with the function of the polo-box domain (PBD) of Plk1.
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页码:415 / 416
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