RhoA effector mutants reveal distinct effector pathways for cytoskeletal reorganization, SRF activation and transformation

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1350-1361

  Sahai, Erik ^a   Alberts, Art S ^b   Treisman, Richard ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; PKN; RhoA; ROCK; Serum response element; SRF; Transformation

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN KINASE; RAS PROTEIN; RHO FACTOR; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CYTOSKELETON; GENETIC SCREENING; MUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MICE; MICROFILAMENTS; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-RAF; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0032473351     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.5.1350     Document Type: Article

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