RasC is required for optimal activation of adenylyl cyclase and Akt/PKB during aggregation.

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Published in EMBO J on August 15, 2001

Authors

C J Lim1, G B Spiegelman, G Weeks

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z3, Canada.

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