Protein Phosphorylation in Cell Growth Regulation
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: February 1, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9789057020308
Subjects: Biochemistry; Cellular biology; Molecular biology; Life Sciences - Biochemistry; Cytochemistry; Proteins; Science; Life Sciences - Biology - General; Science/Mathematics; Life Sciences - Cytology; Technology / Engineering / Chemical & Biochemical; Cells; Growth; Phosphoproteins; Physiological effect; Protein Kinases; Regulation; metabolism
First sentence: The first reports that enzyme activity could be regulated by phosphorylation appeared in 1955 (Fischer and Krebs, 1955; Sutherland and Wosilait, 1955), but the full scope of protein phosphorylation in regulating the behaviour of cells was not appreciated for twenty years or more.