Activation of RhoA and SAPK/JNK signalling pathways by the RhoA-specific exchange factor mNET1

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 4075-4085

  Alberts, Arthur S ^b   Treisman, Richard ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cdc42; mNET1; Rac1; RhoA; SRF

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; PLECKSTRIN; RHO FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

3T3 CELLS; ADP RIBOSE TRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BOTULINUM TOXINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; GUANOSINE 5'-O-(3-THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); MICE; MICROFILAMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEINS; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; SEQUENCE DELETION; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032527805     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.14.4075     Document Type: Article

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