The Dbl family of oncogenes

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 216-222

  Cerione, Richard A ^a   Zheng, Yi ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; ONCOPROTEIN; PLECKSTRIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; RHO FACTOR;

CELL GROWTH; MULTIGENE FAMILY; ONCOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0030010092     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(96)80068-8     Document Type: Review

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