Akt-ivation of RNA splicing

Gina Lee; John Blenis

doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2014.02.010

Akt-ivation of RNA splicing

Mol Cell. 2014 Feb 20;53(4):519-20. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2014.02.010.

Authors

Gina Lee¹, John Blenis²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
² Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: john_blenis@hms.harvard.edu.

PMID: 24560271
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2014.02.010

Abstract

Cells must tightly control alternative splicing of RNA to maintain homeostasis; in this issue of Molecular Cell, Sanidas et al. (2014) provide new insights into the regulation of RNA splicing by Akt isoforms through phosphorylation of histone modification machinery.

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MeSH terms

Alternative Splicing*
Animals
Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic*
Humans
Lung Neoplasms / metabolism*
Proteins / metabolism*
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt / metabolism*
RNA-Binding Proteins
Transcription Factors

Substances

Iws1 protein, human
Proteins
RNA-Binding Proteins
Transcription Factors
AKT1 protein, human
AKT3 protein, human
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt