mTOR signaling at a glance

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 122, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 3589-3594

  Laplante, Mathieu ^a,b   Sabatini, David M ^a,b  

^a WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GROWTH FACTOR; LIPID; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN COMPLEX 1; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN COMPLEX 2; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN INHIBITOR; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; OXYGEN; RAPAMYCIN; RAPAMYCIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; BIOGENESIS; CELL GROWTH; CELL METABOLISM; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPLEX FORMATION; CYTOSKELETON; ENERGY METABOLISM; GROWTH REGULATION; HUMAN; LIPOGENESIS; METABOLIC REGULATION; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; RESTENOSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLID TUMOR;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PROTEIN KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 70350418625     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.051011     Document Type: Article

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