Proteasome inhibitors: from research tools to drug candidates

Chemistry & Biology - Tập 8 Số 8 - Trang 739-758 - 2001
Alexei F. Kisselev1, Alfred L. Goldberg1
1Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA 02115, USA

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