Signaling by target of rapamycin proteins in cell growth control

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 79-100

  Inoki, Ken ^a,b   Ouyang, Hongjiao ^a   Li, Yong ^a,b   Guan, Kun Liang ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE; GROWTH FACTOR; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; INITIATION FACTOR 4E BINDING PROTEIN 1; INSULIN RECEPTOR SUBSTRATE 1; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN AVO1P; PROTEIN AVO2P; PROTEIN AVO3P; PROTEIN CYTOPLASMIC LINKER PROTEIN 170; PROTEIN EUKARYOTIC ELONGATION FACTOR 2 KINASE; PROTEIN KONTROLLER OF GROWTH 1; PROTEIN LIPIN; PROTEIN LST8P; PROTEIN P21 CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR; PROTEIN P27 CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR; PROTEIN RAPTOR; PROTEIN TSC1; RAPAMYCIN; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; RHEB PROTEIN; S6 KINASE; TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN KINASE; TUBERIN; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AUTOPHAGY; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL ENERGY; CELL GROWTH; CELL METABOLISM; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; MAMMALS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN KINASES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; NEXUS;

EID: 14844363721     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.69.1.79-100.2005     Document Type: Review

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