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Molecular cloning, expression and characterization of the human serine/threonine kinase Akt-3.
European journal of biochemistry - 1 Oct 1999
Masure S, Haefner B, Wesselink J J, Hoefnagel E, Mortier E, Verhasselt P, Tuytelaars A, Gordon R, Richardson A
Abstract excerpt
Akt (also known as PKB or RAC-PK) is an intracellular serine/threonine kinase involved in regulating cell survival. Although this makes it a promising target for the discovery of drugs to treat human cancer, a complicating factor may be the role played by Akt in insulin signalling. Two human isoforms, Akt-1 and Akt-2, have been described previously and a third isoform has been identified in rats (here termed...
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