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kinase

(kin'as)
An enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of a proenzyme to a fully active enzyme.

cyclin-dependent kinase

Abbreviation: CDK
A family of enzymes involved in regulation of the cell cycle. They serve as targets for pharmacological manipulation of this cycle, particularly during the unregulated proliferation of tumor cells.

myosin light chain kinase

An enzyme in smooth muscle cells that catalyzes the transfer of a phosphate group from adenosine triphosphate to myosin, which initiates contraction.

protein kinase

See: protein kinase

tyrosine kinase

Any of a group of enzymes that influence signaling between cells, esp. as relates to cell growth and death, cellular adhesion and movement, and cellular differentiation. Abnormalities in tyrosine kinases are found in some human diseases, including chronic myeloid (myelogenous) leukemia.

cyclin-dependent kinase

Abbreviation: CDK
A family of enzymes involved in regulation of the cell cycle. They serve as targets for pharmacological manipulation of this cycle, particularly during the unregulated proliferation of tumor cells.
See also: kinase
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Chemical substructure types Dimensions CDK 1024 CDKExt 1012 FP4 131 Graph 1023 KR 1834 MACCS 153 PubChem 627 Table 3: The performance of 10-fold cross validation on 5 datasets.
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Both Cdc25 phosphatases seem to function as key regulators of the G1-S and G2-M transitions and of mitosis, to spatially and temporally regulate their respective CDK substrates.
The expression patterns of Cdc25A, Cdc25B, Sox2 and Mnb in central nervous system in early chicken embryos
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This gene encodes a protein called cyclin dependent kinase 1, or CDK 1.
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