What Does the "AKT" Stand for in the Name "AKT Kinase"? Some Historical Comments

Front Oncol. 2020 Aug 11:10:1329. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2020.01329. eCollection 2020.

¹ Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, Max Rady College of Medicine, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
² Institute of Molecular Pathobiochemistry, Experimental Gene Therapy and Clinical Chemistry (IFMPEGKC), RWTH University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany.

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Keywords: AKR mice; AKT; kinase; name; oncogene; origin; retrovirus.