Approach for targeting Ras with small molecules that activate SOS-mediated nucleotide exchange.
Burns, M.C., Sun, Q., Daniels, R.N., Camper, D., Kennedy, J.P., Phan, J., Olejniczak, E.T., Lee, T., Waterson, A.G., Rossanese, O.W., Fesik, S.W.(2014) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 111: 3401-3406
- PubMed: 24550516 
- DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1315798111
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4NYI, 4NYJ, 4NYM - PubMed Abstract: 
Aberrant activation of the small GTPase Ras by oncogenic mutation or constitutively active upstream receptor tyrosine kinases results in the deregulation of cellular signals governing growth and survival in ∼30% of all human cancers. However, the dis ...