Roles of the mammalian target of rapamycin, mTOR, in controlling ribosome biogenesis and protein synthesis

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 168-172

  Iadevaia, Valentina ^a   Huo, Yilin ^a   Zhang, Ze ^a   Foster, Leonard J ^b   Proud, Christopher G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTor); mRNA; Protein synthesis; Rapamycin; Ribosome biogenesis; Translation factor

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN COMPLEX 1; MESSENGER RNA; PYRIMIDINE; RAPAMYCIN; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA; STABLE ISOTOPE;

BIOGENESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RIBOSOME;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEINS; RIBOSOMES; SIROLIMUS; TOR SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84863045210     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST20110682     Document Type: Review

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