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Living with lethal PIP3 levels: viability of flies lacking PTEN restored by a PH domain mutation in Akt/PKB.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 15 Mar 2002
Stocker Hugo, Andjelkovic Mirjana, Oldham Sean, Laffargue Muriel, Wymann Matthias P, Hemmings Brian A, Hafen Ernst
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The phosphoinositide phosphatase PTEN is mutated in many human cancers. Although the role of PTEN has been studied extensively, the relative contributions of its numerous potential downstream effectors to deregulated growth and tumorigenesis remain uncertain. We provide genetic evidence in Drosophila melanogaster for the paramount importance of the protein kinase Akt [also called protein kinase B (PKB)] in...
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