Kinase suppressor of Ras forms a multiprotein signaling complex and modulates MEK localization

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 5523-5534

  Stewart, Scott ^a   Sundaram, Meera ^b,c   Zhang, Yanping ^d   Lee, Jeeyong ^a   Han, Min ^b   Guan, Kun Liang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCOGENE RAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MAMMALIA; MELANOGASTER; MURINAE;

EID: 0032814144     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.19.8.5523     Document Type: Article

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