Modulation of the Akt Pathway Reveals a Novel Link with PERK/eIF2α, which Is Relevant during Hypoxia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Blaustein, Matías ^a   Pérez Munizaga, Daniela ^b,c   Sánchez, Manuel Alejandro ^a   Urrutia, Carolina ^b   Grande, Alicia ^a   Risso, Guillermo ^a   Srebrow, Anabella ^a   Alfaro, Jennifer ^b   Colman Lerner, Alejandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Fundacion Ciencia para la Vida   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 6; CELL PROTEIN; INITIATION FACTOR 2ALPHA; INOSITOL REQUIRING PROTEIN 1; PERK PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOXIA; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CELL HYPOXIA; CELL LINE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; EIF-2 KINASE; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-2; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT;

EID: 84880790425     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069668     Document Type: Article

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