A mammalian PAR-3-PAR-6 complex implicated in Cdc42/Rac1 and aPKC signalling and cell polarity

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 540-547

  Lin, Dan ^a,b   Edwards, Amelia S ^c   Fawcett, James P ^a   Mbamalu, Geraldine ^a   Scott, John D ^c   Pawson, Tony ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE C; RAC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL POLARITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CDC42 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL LINE; CELL POLARITY; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HELMINTH PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MICE; MUTATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRECIPITIN TESTS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEINS; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; RICKETTSIA SP. PAR;

EID: 0000202186     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35019582     Document Type: Article

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