The eEF2 kinase confers resistance to nutrient deprivation by blocking translation elongation.

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Published in Cell on May 23, 2013

Authors

Gabriel Leprivier1, Marc Remke, Barak Rotblat, Adrian Dubuc, Abigail-Rachele F Mateo, Marcel Kool, Sameer Agnihotri, Amal El-Naggar, Bin Yu, Syam Prakash Somasekharan, Brandon Faubert, Gaëlle Bridon, Cristina E Tognon, Joan Mathers, Ryan Thomas, Amy Li, Adi Barokas, Brian Kwok, Mary Bowden, Stephanie Smith, Xiaochong Wu, Andrey Korshunov, Thomas Hielscher, Paul A Northcott, Jason D Galpin, Christopher A Ahern, Ye Wang, Martin G McCabe, V Peter Collins, Russell G Jones, Michael Pollak, Olivier Delattre, Martin E Gleave, Eric Jan, Stefan M Pfister, Christopher G Proud, W Brent Derry, Michael D Taylor, Poul H Sorensen

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Molecular Oncology, British Columbia Cancer Research Centre, University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, BC V5Z1L4, Canada.

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