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Nature Cell Biology 10, 881 - 883 (2008)
doi:10.1038/ncb0808-881

Nutrient sensing: TOR's Ragtime

Alfred J. Meijer1 & Patrice Codogno2

  1. Alfred J. Meijer is in the Department of Medical Biochemistry, Academic Medical Center, Meibergdreef 15, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    e-mail: a.j.meijer@amc.uva.nl
  2. Patrice Codogno is in the INSERM U756, University of Paris-Sud 11, 5, rue Jean-Baptiste Clément, 92296 Châtenay-Malabry, France.


The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) controls cell growth and size. Amino acids are known to activate TOR, and Rag (Ras-related GTP-binding protein) GTPases have now been found to act as their effectors.

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