Sur-8, a conserved Ras-binding protein with leucine-rich repeats, positively regulates Ras-mediated signaling in C. elegans

Cell

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 119-130

  Sieburth, Derek S ^a   Sun, Qun ^a   Han, Min ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE RAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032504106     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81227-1     Document Type: Article

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