title: Focus on molecules: Akt (PKB).
authors.affiliation: The Schepens Eye Research Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, 20 Staniford St, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
authors.forename: Guo-Xiang
authors.initials: GX
authors.lastname: Ruan
authors.forename: Andrius
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kazlauskas
mesh_terms: D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic / Q000378:metabolism; D058539:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase / Q000502:physiology; D019269:Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-Diphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D018129:Phosphatidylinositol Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D019269:Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-Diphosphate; D018129:Phosphatidylinositol Phosphates; C060974:phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-triphosphate; D058539:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase; C494918:AKT1 protein, human; C494921:AKT2 protein, human; C491754:AKT3 protein, human; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt