Misregulated transcription factors play prominent roles in human disease, but their dynamic protein-protein interaction network has long made the goal of transcription-targeted therapeutics impractical. Recent advances in technologies for modulating protein interaction networks mean that the end of the quest is in sight.
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Mapp, A., Pricer, R. & Sturlis, S. Targeting transcription is no longer a quixotic quest. Nat Chem Biol 11, 891–894 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchembio.1962
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