Rheb-TOR signaling promotes protein synthesis, but not glucose or amino acid import, in <it>Drosophila</it>

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The Ras-related GTPase, Rheb, regulates the growth of animal cells. Genetic and biochemical tests place Rheb upstream of the target of rapamycin (TOR) protein kinase, and downstream of the tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC1/TSC2) and t...

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Main Authors: de la Cruz Aida, Grewal Savraj S, Hall Dayna J, Edgar Bruce A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-03-01
Series:BMC Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/5/10