Cdc7/ASK kinase as a novel target for anti-cancer drug development programmes

Targeting Cdc7, a kinase essential for DNA replication initiation, results in potent cancer cell killing. Cancer cells in which CDC7 is silenced by RNAi enter an abortive S phase followed by apoptosis due to loss of a functioning DNA replication origin activation checkpoint. This checkpoint prevents...

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Main Author: Hong, H. K.
Published: University College London (University of London) 2011
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.565425