RhoG GTPase controls a pathway that independently activates Rac1 and Cdc42Hs

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1379-1394

  Gauthier Rouvière, Cécile ^a,b   Vignal, Emmanuel ^a   Mériane, Mayya ^a,b   Roux, Pierre ^a   Montcourier, Philippe ^a,c   Fort, Philippe ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; RHO FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CYTOSKELETON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0031815909     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.9.6.1379     Document Type: Article

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