Exploring the CK2 Paradox: Restless, Dangerous, Dispensable

• Main Authors: Cinzia Franchin (Author), Christian Borgo (Author), Silvia Zaramella (Author), Luca Cesaro (Author), Giorgio Arrigoni (Author), Mauro Salvi (Author), Lorenzo A. Pinna (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The history of protein kinase CK2 is crowded with paradoxes and unanticipated findings. Named after a protein (casein) that is not among its physiological substrates, CK2 remained in search of its targets for more than two decades after its discovery in 1954, but it later came to be one of the most...