February 6, 2017

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Feb 6, 201707:59Science & Medicine

Localizing mTORC2 activity The mTORC2 complex regulates cell growth and proliferation by phosphorylating the protein kinase Akt, but where in the cell mTORC2 is active, and how growth factors direct its activity towards...

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