mSphere of Influence: The challenge of screening for essential protein kinases in .

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Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

Published: February 2025


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Miguel Chiurillo works in the field of protein kinases, studying their role in cell signaling and cell cycle progression in . In this mSphere of Influence article, he reflects on how the research articles "Systematic functional analysis of protein kinases identifies regulators of differentiation or survival" by Baker et al. and "Screening the kinome with high throughput tagging identifies a regulator of invasion and egress" by Smith et al. made an impact on his understanding of the complexity of the kinome and the challenges to unravel it.

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