Molecular cloning and characterization of Drosophila genes encoding small GTPases of the rab and rho families

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 254, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 486-494

  Sasamura, T ^a   Kobayashi, T ^a   Kojima, S ^a   Qadota, H ^a   Ohya, Y ^a   Masai, I ^a   Hotta, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; rab; rac; rho; Small GTPases

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; RAB PROTEIN; RHO FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; GENE ISOLATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESODERM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STEM CELL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CDC42 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HEMOCYTES; MESODERM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PEROXIDASE; RAB3 GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MAMMALIA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0030986253     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050443     Document Type: Article

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