Fragment-based discovery of potent inhibitors of the anti-apoptotic MCL-1 protein.
Petros, A.M., Swann, S.L., Song, D., Swinger, K., Park, C., Zhang, H., Wendt, M.D., Kunzer, A.R., Souers, A.J., Sun, C.(2014) Bioorg Med Chem Lett 24: 1484-1488
- PubMed: 24582986 
- DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2014.02.010
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
4OQ5, 4OQ6 - PubMed Abstract: 
Apoptosis is regulated by the BCL-2 family of proteins, which is comprised of both pro-death and pro-survival members. Evasion of apoptosis is a hallmark of malignant cells. One way in which cancer cells achieve this evasion is thru overexpression of the pro-survival members of the BCL-2 family ...