UNC2025, a potent and orally bioavailable MER/FLT3 dual inhibitor.

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Published in J Med Chem on August 06, 2014

Authors

Weihe Zhang1, Deborah DeRyckere, Debra Hunter, Jing Liu, Michael A Stashko, Katherine A Minson, Christopher T Cummings, Minjung Lee, Trevor G Glaros, Dianne L Newton, Susan Sather, Dehui Zhang, Dmitri Kireev, William P Janzen, H Shelton Earp, Douglas K Graham, Stephen V Frye, Xiaodong Wang

Author Affiliations

1: Center for Integrative Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, ‡Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, and §Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States.

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