mTOR is essential for the proteotoxic stress response, HSF1 activation and heat shock protein synthesis.

The target of rapamycin (TOR) is a high molecular weight protein kinase that regulates many processes in cells in response to mitogens and variations in nutrient availability. Here we have shown that mTOR in human tissue culture cells plays a key role in responses to proteotoxic stress and that redu...

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Main Authors: Shiuh-Dih Chou, Thomas Prince, Jianlin Gong, Stuart K Calderwood
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3387249?pdf=render