Rac GTPase Activity is Essential for EGF-induced Mitogenesis

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 90-95

  Kim, Byung Chul ^a   Yi, Ji Young ^b   Yi, Sun Ju ^b   Shin, In Cheol ^c   Ha, Kwon Soo ^c   Jhun, Byung H ^b   Hwang, Soon Bong ^a   Kim, Jae Hong ^a  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

EGF; Mitogenesis; Phospholipase A2; Rac

Indexed keywords

DNA; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GROWTH INHIBITOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MITOGENIC AGENT; PHOSPHOLIPASE A; RAC PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FIBROBLAST; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROINJECTION; MITOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLASTS; GROWTH INHIBITORS; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MICROINJECTIONS; MITOGENS; MITOSIS; PHOSPHOLIPASES A; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RATS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0032573937     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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