Entamoeba histolytica: Isoprenylation of p21ras and p21rap in vitro

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-68

  Shen, Pei Shen ^a   Sanford, Jack C ^a   Samuelson, John ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FLUOROGRAPHY; GROWTH REGULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; PROTEIN ISOPRENYLATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS P21(RAS); RAP GTP-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 0029983089     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1996.0008     Document Type: Article

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