Lestaurtinib inhibits histone phosphorylation and androgen-dependent gene expression in prostate cancer cells.

BACKGROUND: Epigenetics is defined as heritable changes in gene expression that are not based on changes in the DNA sequence. Posttranslational modification of histone proteins is a major mechanism of epigenetic regulation. The kinase PRK1 (protein kinase C related kinase 1, also known as PKN1) phos...

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Main Authors: Jens Köhler, German Erlenkamp, Adrien Eberlin, Tobias Rumpf, Inna Slynko, Eric Metzger, Roland Schüle, Wolfgang Sippl, Manfred Jung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3332061?pdf=render