Protein kinase B/Akt at a glance

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 118, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 5675-5678

  Fayard, Elisabeth ^a   Tintignac, Lionel A ^a   Baudry, Anne ^a   Hemmings, Brian A ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 MORPHOLINO 8 PHENYLCHROMONE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; PROTEIN KINASE B; WORTMANNIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CANCER; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL GROWTH; CELL METABOLISM; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SURVIVAL; DEREGULATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; HUMAN; INSULIN RELEASE; INVOLUTION; LIPOGENESIS; MAMMARY GLAND; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR GROWTH;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEOPLASMS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 30544453564     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.02724     Document Type: Article

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