Distinct subclasses of small GTPases interact with guanine nucleotide exchange factors in a similar manner

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 7444-7454

  Day, Gwo Jen ^a   Mosteller, Raymond D ^a   Broek, Daniel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; RAS PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; YEAST;

EID: 0031724355     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.18.12.7444     Document Type: Article

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