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Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 5, 875-885 (November 2004) | doi:10.1038/nrm1498

The RAF proteins take centre stage

Claudia Wellbrock1, Maria Karasarides2 & Richard Marais2  About the authors

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Since their discovery over 20 years ago, the RAF proteins have been intensely studied. For most of that time, the focus of the field has been the C-RAF isoform and its role as an effector of the RAS proteins. However, a report that implicates B-RAF in human cancer has highlighted the importance of all members of this protein kinase family and recent studies have uncovered intriguing new data relating to their complex regulation and biological functions.

Author affiliations

  1. Signal Transduction Team, Cancer Research UK Centre of Cell and Molecular Biology, The Institute of Cancer Research, 237 Fulham Road, London SW3 6JB, UK.
  2. University of Massachusetts Medical School, Program in Molecular Medicine, 373 Plantation Street, Suite 309, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, USA.

Correspondence to: Richard Marais2 Email: richard.marais@icr.ac.uk

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