Structural characterization of EGFR exon 19 deletion mutation using molecular dynamics simulation.

Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is a tyrosine kinase receptor important in diverse biological processes including cell proliferation and survival. Upregulation of EGFR activity due to over-expression or mutation is widely implicated in cancer. Activating somatic mutations of the EGFR kinase...

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Main Authors: Mahlet Z Tamirat, Marika Koivu, Klaus Elenius, Mark S Johnson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0222814