Insulin and TOR pathways regulate cellular and organismal growth through the myc oncogene in Drosophila

A large body of literature documents in both mice and Drosophila the involvement of Insulin pathway in growth regulation, probably due to its role in glucose and lipid import, nutrient storage, and translation of RNAs implicated in ribosome biogenesis (Vanhaesebroeck et al. 2001). Moreover sever...

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Main Author: Parisi, Federica <1981>
Other Authors: Pession, Annalisa
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:en
Published: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna 2009
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Online Access:http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/1567/