TOR kinase homologs function in a signal transduction pathway that is conserved from yeast to mammals

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 155, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 135-142

  Cutler, N Shane ^a   Heitman, Joseph ^a   Cardenas, Maria E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Mammals; Rapamycin; Signal transduction pathway; TOR kinase; Yeast

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN KINASE; RAPAMYCIN; TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN KINASE; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSLATION INITIATION; YEAST;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHILINS; MAMMALS; PEPTIDE CHAIN INITIATION, TRANSLATIONAL; PEPTIDYLPROLYL ISOMERASE; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RNA, MESSENGER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIROLIMUS; TACROLIMUS BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 0032847274     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(99)00121-5     Document Type: Article

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