Identification of a novel human Rho protein with unusual properties: GTPase deficiency and in vivo farnesylation

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2689-2699

  Foster, Rosemary ^a,d   Hu, Kang Quan ^a   Lu, Yu ^a   Nolan, Katherine M ^a   Thissen, Julia ^b   Settleman, Jeffrey ^a,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; RHO FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME REGULATION; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; APSEUDES;

EID: 0029894664     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.6.2689     Document Type: Article

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