Disease mechanism: Unravelling Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome

Current Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 676-678

  Kirchhausen, Tomas ^a   Rosen, Fred S ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VESPIDAE;

CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN CDC42; WAS PROTEIN, HUMAN; WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN;

GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; REVIEW; WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME;

CDC42 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; PROTEINS; WISKOTT-ALDRICH SYNDROME; WISKOTT-ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN;

EID: 0030156269     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(09)00447-3     Document Type: Article

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