Protein kinase B/Akt at a glance

Among the signalling proteins that respond to a large variety of signals, protein kinase B (PKB, also known as Akt) appears to be a central player in regulation of metabolism, cell survival, motility, transcription and cell-cycle progression. Conserved from primitive metazoans to humans, PKB belongs

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