Gelsolin is a downstream effector of rac for fibroblast motility

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1362-1370

  Azuma, Toshifumi ^a   Witke, Walter ^a   Stossel, Thomas P ^a   Hartwig, John H ^a   Kwiatkowski, David J ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Gelsolin; Motility; rac; Ruffling

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; BRADYKININ; GELSOLIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SURFACE; CELL TYPE; FIBROBLAST; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; LAMELLIPODIUM; LOCOMOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BRADYKININ; CDC42 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLASTS; GELSOLIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PSEUDOPODIA; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN;

ADENOVIRIDAE;

EID: 0032473498     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.5.1362     Document Type: Article

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