title: Cell signaling: life or death decisions of ras proteins.
abstract: The discovery of a new downstream target for the Ras GTPases - a Nore1-Mst1 protein complex - reveals a mechanism by which Ras can promote apoptosis, and suggests that the influence of Ras on cell survival or death depends upon the relative level of activation of its various target proteins.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston MA 02111, USA. larry.feig@tufts.edu
authors.forename: Larry A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Feig
authors.forename: Rachel J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Buchsbaum
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis; D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D016147:Genes, Tumor Suppressor; D006801:Humans; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D020559:Monomeric GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; D018631:ras Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D000099317:Hippo Kinases
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D020559:Monomeric GTP-Binding Proteins; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; D018631:ras Proteins; C411762:RASSF1 protein, human; C454042:RASSF5 protein, human; C455831:Rassf5 protein, mouse; C490660:Stk4 protein, mouse; D000099317:Hippo Kinases; C095566:STK4 protein, human