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Cardiac restricted overexpression of kinase-dead mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) mutant impairs the mTOR-mediated signaling and cardiac function.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 16 May 2008
Shen Wei-Hua, Chen Zhuang, Shi Shu, Chen Hanying, Zhu Wuqiang, Penner Anne, Bu Guixue, Li Wei, Boyle David W, Rubart Michael, Field Loren J, Abraham Robert, Liechty Edward A, Shou Weinian
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Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) is a key regulator for cell growth through modulating components of the translation machinery. Previously, numerous pharmacological studies using rapamycin suggested that mTOR has an important role in regulating cardiac hypertrophic growth. To further investig...
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