On the Discovery of TOR As the Target of Rapamycin

Joseph Heitman

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1005245

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On the Discovery of TOR As the Target of Rapamycin

Joseph Heitman

* E-mail: heitm001@duke.edu

Affiliations Departments of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology (MGM), Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, and Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Tri-Institutional (Duke, UNC, NC State) Molecular Mycology and Pathogenesis Training Program (Tri-I MMPTP), Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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On the Discovery of TOR As the Target of Rapamycin

Joseph Heitman

Published: November 5, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1005245

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Joseph Heitman

* E-mail: heitm001@duke.edu

Affiliations Departments of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology (MGM), Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, and Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Tri-Institutional (Duke, UNC, NC State) Molecular Mycology and Pathogenesis Training Program (Tri-I MMPTP), Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

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The author declares that no competing interests exist.

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