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Abstract
PKB/Akt is a serine/threonine kinase that contains a pleckstrin-homology (PH) domain and is activated in response to growth-factor treatment of cells by a mechanism involving phosphoinositide 3-OH kinase. PKB/Akt provides a survival signal that protects cells from apoptosis induced by various stresses, perhaps explaining its discovery as a retroviral oncogene and its amplification in many human tumours.Entities:
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Year: 1997 PMID: 9301337 DOI: 10.1016/s0968-0004(97)01097-9
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trends Biochem Sci ISSN: 0968-0004 Impact factor: 13.807