Molecular mechanisms of tumor suppression by LKB1

FEBS Letters

Volumn 585, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 944-951

  Vaahtomeri, Kari ^a   Mäkelä, Tomi P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

AMPK; Cervical cancer; LKB1; Lung adenocarcinoma; p53; Peutz Jeghers syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE KINASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN KINASE LKB1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

CANCER GENETICS; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER RISK; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL METABOLISM; CELL POLARITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GASTROINTESTINAL POLYPOSIS; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GERM LINE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LKB1 GENE; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE K RAS; PEUTZ JEGHERS SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADENYLATE KINASE; ALLELES; ANIMALS; GENES, TUMOR SUPPRESSOR; HAPLOINSUFFICIENCY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES;

EID: 79953248896     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2010.12.034     Document Type: Review

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