Rho GTPases and leukocyte cytoskeletal regulation

Current Opinion in Hematology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 12-18

  Dharmawardhane, Suranganie ^a   Bokoch, Gary M ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; RHO FACTOR;

ACTIN FILAMENT; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL MIGRATION; CYTOSKELETON; EFFECTOR CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW;

EID: 0031046030     PISSN: 10656251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00062752-199704010-00003     Document Type: Review

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