mTOR-dependent activation of the transcription factor TIF-IA links rRNA synthesis to nutrient availability

Genes and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 423-434

  Mayer, Christine ^a   Zhao, Jian ^a   Yuan, Xuejun ^a   Grummt, Ingrid ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

mTOR; Phosphorylation; PP2A; RNA polymerase I; TIF IA; Transcription

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; PROTEIN; RAPAMYCIN; RIBOSOME RNA; SERINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TIF IA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RIBOSOME; RNA SYNTHESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

3T3 CELLS; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS; HUMANS; MICE; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RNA POLYMERASE I; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIROLIMUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 1542343973     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.285504     Document Type: Article

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