"Protein Kinase C-alpha" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A cytoplasmic serine threonine kinase involved in regulating CELL DIFFERENTIATION and CELLULAR PROLIFERATION. Overexpression of this enzyme has been shown to promote PHOSPHORYLATION of BCL-2 PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS and chemoresistance in human acute leukemia cells.
| Descriptor ID |
D051571
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.913.696.620.682.700.725.100
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| Concept/Terms |
Protein Kinase C-alpha- Protein Kinase C-alpha
- Protein Kinase C(alpha)
- PKC-alpha Serine-Threonine Kinase
- PKC alpha Serine Threonine Kinase
- Serine-Threonine Kinase, PKC-alpha
- Protein Kinase C alpha
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