Signaling to the Ribosome in Cancer-It Is More Than Just mTORC1

Katherine M Hannan; Elaine Sanij; Nadine Hein; Ross D Hannan; Richard B Pearson

Journal article

Signaling to the Ribosome in Cancer-It Is More Than Just mTORC1

Katherine M Hannan, Elaine Sanij, Nadine Hein, Ross D Hannan, Richard B Pearson

IUBMB Life | WILEY | Published : 2011

DOI: 10.1002/iub.428

University of Melbourne Researchers

Richard Pearson Author The Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology

Elaine Sanij Author The Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology

Katherine Hannan Author Biochemistry and Pharmacology

Ross Hannan Author The Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology

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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of Australia

Funding Acknowledgements

This work was supported by grants from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of Australia to R.D.H (NHMRC #166908 & #251688) and to R.B.P. (NHMRC #509087 & #400116) and from Cancer Council Victoria to R.B.P. This article was initially published in the member magazine of the Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Australian Biochemist.