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Gene Symbol MTOR
Synonyms FRAP | FRAP1 | FRAP2 | RAFT1 | RAPT1 | SKS
Gene Description MTOR, mechanistic target of rapamycin, is a serine/threonine protein kinase, which regulates cell growth and proliferation and is activated in many oncogenic pathways (PMID: 24764656, PMID: 29301334). MTOR mutations are frequently identified in a variety of human cancers (PMID: 24631838, PMID: 31408724).
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