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SUBMITTER: Yang WS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3256933 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yang Wan Seok WS Shimada Kenichi K Delva Darnelle D Patel Milesh M Ode Egberamwen E Skouta Rachid R Stockwell Brent R BR
ACS medicinal chemistry letters 20111031 1
We analyzed more than 1 million small molecules with the goal of finding simple synthetic compounds that potently inhibit cancer cell growth. We identified three such compounds with unknown mechanisms of action. Subsequent studies revealed that all three of these small molecules target microtubules. These three scaffolds can serve as templates for developing new microtubule-targeted agents, overcoming the limits of existing microtubule-inhibiting drugs derived from complex natural products. ...[more]