Mechanism of activation and function of protein kinase B

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-62

  Alessi, Dario R ^a   Cohen, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITIDE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE;

APOPTOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0031913246     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(98)80062-2     Document Type: Article

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