Mutations in the GAP-related domain impair the ability of neurofibromin to associate with microtubules

Brain Research

Volumn 759, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 149-152

  Xu, Hua Mei ^a   Gutmann, David H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; GTPase activating protein; NFI; p21 ras; Tubulin; Tumor suppressor gene

Indexed keywords

CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN; NEUROFIBROMIN; PROTEIN P21;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COW; CYTOSKELETON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXON; MICROTUBULE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE RAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EXONS; GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; NEUROFIBROMIN 1; POINT MUTATION; PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS P21(RAS); RAS GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0030749515     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00328-4     Document Type: Article

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