The work presented in this thesis was carried out in the Department of Structural Biology at the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry. The work involved the investigation of three human proteins (ILK, IGF-I, 14-3-3s) that play a role in the regulation of signal transduction and consequently in cancer. The proteins create a complex network of interacting factors. ILK is a critical component in the integrin pathway. The activity of ILK is stimulated by growth factors/mitogens (IGF-I). The downstream targets of ILK include many signalling molecules, among which are the 14-3-3 family of proteins, which, in turn, play a role in the regulation of mitogenesis.
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The work presented in this thesis was carried out in the Department of Structural Biology at the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry. The work involved the investigation of three human proteins (ILK, IGF-I, 14-3-3s) that play a role in the regulation of signal transduction and consequently in cancer. The proteins create a complex network of interacting factors. ILK is a critical component in the integrin pathway. The activity of ILK is stimulated by growth factors/mitogens (IGF-I). The downstr...
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