Rac regulation of transformation, gene expression, and actin organization by multiple, PAK-independent pathways

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1324-1335

  Westwick, John K ^a,e   Lambert, Que T ^a   Clark, Geoffrey J ^a   Symons, Marc ^b   Van Aelst, Linda ^c   Pestell, Richard G ^d   Der, Channing J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ONYX PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

^c Simons Center for Quantitative Biology   (United States)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e CELGENE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIMERIC PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL CULTURE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CHIMERA; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA SYNTHESIS; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; YEAST;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031026132     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.3.1324     Document Type: Article

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