title: RAS oncogenes: weaving a tumorigenic web.
abstract: RAS proteins are essential components of signalling pathways that emanate from cell surface receptors. Oncogenic activation of these proteins owing to missense mutations is frequently detected in several types of cancer. A wealth of biochemical and genetic studies indicates that RAS proteins control a complex molecular circuitry that consists of a wide array of interconnecting pathways. In this Review, we describe how RAS oncogenes exploit their extensive signalling reach to affect multiple cellular processes that drive tumorigenesis.
authors: Department of Biochemistry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, USA.
authors: Yuliya
authors: Y
authors: Pylayeva-Gupta
authors: Elda
authors: E
authors: Grabocka
authors: Dafna
authors: D
authors: Bar-Sagi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000235:genetics; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D011905:Genes, ras / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D020125:Mutation, Missense; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis