Akt promotes increased mammalian cell size by stimulating protein synthesis and inhibiting protein degradation

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 285, Issue 5 48-5, 2003, Pages

  Faridi, Jesika ^a   Fawcett, Janet ^b,c   Wang, Lihong ^a   Roth, Richard A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARL T HAYDEN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell growth; Mammalian target of rapamycin; Protein kinase B; Rapamycin

Indexed keywords

2 MORPHOLINO 8 PHENYLCHROMONE; INSULIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE INHIBITOR; PROTEIN KINASE B; RAPAMYCIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

EID: 0142084679     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00239.2003     Document Type: Article

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