Oncogenic ras activation of Raf/mitogen-activated protein kinase-independent pathways is sufficient to cause tumorigenic transformation

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 3923-3933

  Khosravi Far, Roya ^a,b,d   White, Michael A ^c,e   Westwick, John K ^b   Solski, Patricia A ^b   Chrzanowska Wodnicka, Magdalena ^a   Van Aelst, Linda ^c   Wigler, Michael H ^c   Der, Channing J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Watson School of Biological Sciences   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; RAF PROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECTOR CELL; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE H RAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; CA(2+)-CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENES, RAS; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; JNK MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; KINETICS; LUCIFERASES; MAP KINASE KINASE 4; MAP KINASE KINASE KINASE 1; MICE; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASES; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-RAF; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0029890896     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.7.3923     Document Type: Article

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