Interactions between ras proteins and their effectors

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 449-456

  McCormick, Frank ^a   Wittinghofer, Alfred ^b  

^a ONYX PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; ONCOPROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN;

ONCOGENE RAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW;

EID: 0030221148     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(96)80123-6     Document Type: Article

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