Not exact matches
A compound, adociasulfate - 2, was isolated from a marine sponge, Haliclona (also known asAdocia) species, that inhibited
kinesin activity by
targeting its motor domain and mimicking the activity of the microtubule.
Kinesin - 5 has been identified as a
target for drugs to treat cancers that involve uncontrolled cell division, such as colorectal cancer, Al - Bassam said.
«
Kinesin - 5 structure opens cancer drug
targets.»
«The structure of
kinesin - 5 is unexpected, and the implications are big — it allows us to
target it, for example in various forms of cancer,» said Jawdat Al - Bassam, assistant professor of molecular and cellular biology at UC Davis, who led the project.