The small GTPase Rho: Cellular functions and signal transduction

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 215-228

  Narumiya, Shuh ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actin cytoskeleton; Botulinum C3 exoenzyme; Cell adhesion; GtPase; Rho

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; LYSOPHOSPHATIDIC ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL KINASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; RHO FACTOR;

CELL ADHESION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MOTILITY; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOSKELETON; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HYDROLYSIS; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0029791373     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021401     Document Type: Review

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