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Exploring the nine realms of TOR

Nature Plants volume 5, pages 251–252 (2019)Cite this article

The target of rapamycin (TOR) kinase regulates crucial cellular processes. Characterization of its signalling pathway in plants has lagged behind animals and yeast. A large-scale phosphoproteome and interactome analysis in Arabidopsis has now uncovered plant-specific and conserved TOR targets and interactors.

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Fig. 1: Targets and protein partners of the plant TOR kinase.

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Forzani, C., Meyer, C. Exploring the nine realms of TOR. Nat. Plants 5, 251–252 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-019-0389-9

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