Mechanism-based screen for G1/S checkpoint activators identifies a selective activator of EIF2AK3/PERK signalling.

Human cancers often contain genetic alterations that disable G1/S checkpoint control and loss of this checkpoint is thought to critically contribute to cancer generation by permitting inappropriate proliferation and distorting fate-driven cell cycle exit. The identification of cell permeable small m...

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Main Authors: Simon R Stockwell, Georgina Platt, S Elaine Barrie, Georgia Zoumpoulidou, Robert H Te Poele, G Wynne Aherne, Stuart C Wilson, Peter Sheldrake, Edward McDonald, Mathilde Venet, Christelle Soudy, Frédéric Elustondo, Laurent Rigoreau, Julian Blagg, Paul Workman, Michelle D Garrett, Sibylle Mittnacht
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3257223?pdf=render