Dynamic Visualization of mTORC1 Activity in Living Cells

Cell Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1767-1777

  Zhou, Xin ^a   Clister, Terri L ^a   Lowry, Pamela R ^a   Seldin, Marcus M ^a   Wong, G William ^a   Zhang, Jin ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; GROWTH FACTOR; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN COMPLEX 1; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN KINASE B;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CELL GROWTH; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; GENETIC CODE; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; LYSOSOME; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84925136709     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22111247     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2015.02.031     Document Type: Article

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