Rho, Rac and Cdc42 GTPases regulate the organization of the actin cytoskeleton

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 86-92

  Tapon, Nicolas ^a   Hall, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 4,5 BISPHOSPHATE; RAS PROTEIN; RHO FACTOR;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANIMAL CELL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOSKELETON; HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; YEAST;

EID: 0031042493     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(97)80156-1     Document Type: Article

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