Connecting LKB1 and AMPK links metabolism with cancer

AUTOR(ES)

Moore, Pete

FONTE

BioMed Central

RESUMO

The tumor suppressor gene product LKB1 has been identified as the upstream activating kinase for the stress-responsive AMP-activated kinase, providing a link between regulators of cellular metabolism and cell proliferation in cancer.

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