mTOR signaling and its roles in normal and abnormal brain development.

Target of rapamycin (TOR) was first identified in yeast as a target molecule of rapamycin, an anti-fugal and immunosuppressant macrolide compound. In mammals, its orthologue is called mTOR (mammalian TOR). mTOR is a serine/threonine kinase that converges different extracellular stimuli, such as nutr...

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Main Authors: Nobuyuki eTakei, Hiroyuki eNawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnmol.2014.00028/full