title: The RAF proteins take centre stage.
abstract: Since their discovery over 20 years ago, the RAF proteins have been intensely studied. For most of that time, the focus of the field has been the C-RAF isoform and its role as an effector of the RAS proteins. However, a report that implicates B-RAF in human cancer has highlighted the importance of all members of this protein kinase family and recent studies have uncovered intriguing new data relating to their complex regulation and biological functions.
authors.affiliation: Signal Transduction Team, Cancer Research UK Centre of Cell and Molecular Biology, The Institute of Cancer Research, 237 Fulham Road, London SW3 6JB, UK.
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wellbrock
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karasarides
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Marais
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D048493:Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D019908:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-raf / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D020033:Protein Isoforms; D048493:Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf; D019908:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-raf