Ral-GTPases mediate a distinct downstream signaling pathway from Ras that facilitates cellular transformation

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 810-816

  Urano, Takeshi ^a   Emkey, Renee ^a   Feig, Larry A ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

GTPase; Ral; Ras; Signal transduction; Transformation

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; RAS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; DNA FLANKING REGION; HYBRID; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE RAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; YEAST;

EID: 0030022174     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00416.x     Document Type: Article

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