title: SF2/ASF TORCs up translation.
abstract: In a recent issue of Molecular Cell, Michlewski et al. (2008) show that SF2/ASF, a splicing factor, stimulates translation initiation by directly recruiting the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) to a subset of mRNAs.
authors.affiliation: School of Pharmacy, Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, University of Nottingham, University Park, NG7 2RD Nottingham, UK.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bushell
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stoneley
authors.forename: Keith A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Spriggs
authors.forename: Anne E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Willis
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D039562:Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4F / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012326:RNA Splicing; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D000068103:Serine-Arginine Splicing Factors; D058570:TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; C087000:EIF4EBP1 protein, human; D039562:Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4F; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D000068103:Serine-Arginine Splicing Factors; D011494:Protein Kinases; C546842:MTOR protein, human; D058570:TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases