METHODS OF SCREENING FOR ANTITUMOR AGENTS

摘要

This invention provides cellular regulators of antitumor agent apratoxin A. The invention also provides methods for identifying novel antitumor compounds using these cellular regulators of apratoxin A. The methods comprise first screening test agents for modulators of a cellular regulator of apratoxin A and then further screening the identified modulating agents for antitumor activities. The invention further provides methods and pharmaceutical compositions for treating tumors in a subject.