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An essential role for protein synthesis in oncogenic cellular transformation
Andreas G Bader1, Peter K Vogt
1Division of Oncovirology, Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla CA 92037, USA. andreas@scripps.edu
Oncogene
|April 20, 2004
Abstract:
The induction and maintenance of oncogenic transformation requires interference with the controls that regulate translation and transcription. The PI 3-kinase pathway, which shows gain of function in numerous and diverse human cancers, generates signals that have a positive effect on the initiation of protein synthesis. Here we review the components of the PI 3-kinase signaling pathway and the mRNA-binding protein YB-1, exploring their roles in protein synthesis and oncogenic cell transformation.