Inhibitors of the Ras Superfamily G-proteins, Part A: Volume 33

This special volume of The Enzymes is targeted toward researchers in biochemistry, molecular and cell biology, pharmacology, and cancer. This thematic volume discusses inhibitors of the Ras superfamily G-proteins.

Autorentext
Fuyu Tamanoi is a biochemist who has served on the UCLA School of Medicine and UCLA College faculty since he joined the Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics in 1993. He became a full professor in 1997.

Klappentext

This special volume of The Enzymes is targeted toward researchers in biochemistry, molecular and cell biology, pharmacology, and cancer. This thematic volume discusses inhibitors of the Ras superfamily G-proteins.

Zusammenfassung
Discusses inhibitors of the Ras superfamily G-proteins.

Inhalt

1. The Ras superfamily G-proteins
   *Fuyuhiko Tamanoi*
2. NMR Study to Identify a Ligand-Binding Pocket in Ras
   *Till Maurer and Weiru Wang*
3. The Allosteric Switch and Conformational States in Ras GTPase Affected by Small Molecules
   *Christian W. Johnson and Carla Mattos*
4. State 1(T) Inhibitors of Activated Ras
   *Hans Robert Kalbitzer and Michael Spoerner*
5. Sugar-Based Inhibitors of Ras Activation: Biological Activity and Identification of Ras-Inhibitor Binding Interface
   *Alessandro Di Domizio and Francesco Peri*
6. Development of EHop-016, a Small Molecule Inhibitor of Rac
   *Suranganie Dharmawardhane*
7. Aptamer-Derived Peptide Inhibitors of Rho Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors
   *Susanne Schmidt and Anne Debant*
8. Targeting the Dbl and Dock-Family RhoGEFs: a Yeast-Based Assay to Identify Cell-Active Inhibitors of Rho-Controlled Pathways
   *Anne Blangy and Philippe Fort*
9. Inhibitors of the ROCK Serine/Threonine Kinases: Key Effectors of the RhoA Small GTPase
   *Dominico Vigil and Channing J. Der*
10. A Two-Hybrid Approach to Identify Inhibitors of the RAS-RAF Interaction
    *Vladimir Khazak, Susanne Eyrisch, Juran Kato, Fuyuhiko Tamanoi and Erica A. Golemis*
11. Inhibitors of K-Ras Plasma Membrane Localization
    *Kwang-jin Cho, Dharini van der Hoeven and John F. Hancock*
12. Ras Chaperons: New Targets for Cancer and Immunotherapy
    *Yoel Kloog, Galit Elad-Sfadia, Roni Haklai and Adam Mor
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