BAY61-3606 Affects the Viability of Colon Cancer Cells in a Genotype-Directed Manner

Background: K-RAS mutation poses a particularly difficult problem for cancer therapy. Activating mutations in K-RAS are common in cancers of the lung, pancreas, and colon and are associated with poor response to therapy. As such, targeted therapies that abrogate K-RAS-induced oncogenicity would be o...

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Main Authors: Zhang, Tinghu (Author), Kendall, Krystle R. (Author), Gray, Nathanael S. (Author), Haigis, Kevin M. (Author), Lau, Ken S. (Author), Lauffenburger, Douglas A (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering (Contributor), Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT (Contributor), Lau, Ken Siu-Kwong (Contributor), Lauffenburger, Douglas A. (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science, 2012-10-31T16:49:11Z.
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