title: From the loading dock to the boardroom: a new job for Akt kinase.
abstract: A new report in Immunity shows that, rather than driving the metabolic changes required for proliferation, Akt controls the gene expression programs that determine whether activated CD8+ T cells differentiate into memory or effector cells.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Cellular Immunology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, 9420 Athena Circle, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Feau
authors.forename: Stephen P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Schoenberger