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Sci. Signal., 27 March 2012
Vol. 5, Issue 217, p. eg4
[DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.2003044]

EDITORIAL GUIDES

Focus Issue: TOR Signaling, a Tale of Two Complexes

Nancy R. Gough*

Editor of Science Signaling, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1200 New York Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20005, USA.

Abstract: Through its association with two distinct protein complexes, target of rapamycin (TOR) complex 1 (TORC1) and TOR complex 2 (TORC2), the kinase TOR coordinates cellular growth with cell cycles, growth factors, and nutrients. The interconnected TOR signaling network participates in various physiological and pathophysiological conditions, such as aging, stem cell renewal, cell specification, and carcinogenesis; therefore, understanding the details of this system may yield new ways to promote longer, healthier living. This issue provides an overview of research on TOR signaling that has emerged since the issue Science Signaling devoted to this topic in 2009.

* Corresponding author. E-mail: ngough{at}aaas.org

Citation: N. R. Gough, Focus Issue: TOR Signaling, a Tale of Two Complexes. Sci. Signal. 5, eg4 (2012).

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