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Presence of the BCR-ABL mutation Glu255Lys prior to STI571 (imatinib) treatment in patients with Ph+ acute lymphoblastic leukemia
1 Apr 2003
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The tyrosine kinase inhibitor STI571 (imatinib) binds competitively to the adenosine triphosphate (ATP) binding site of the ABL kinase, thereby inhibiting auto- and substrate phosphorylation of the oncogenic protein BCR-ABL and preventing the activation of downstream signaling pathways. Comparative studies on leukemic cell samples obtained from chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) and Philadelphia...
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