Novel aspects of Ras proteins biology: Regulation and implications

Cell Death and Differentiation

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 722-728

  Pérez Sala, Dolores ^a   Rebollo, Angelita ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Guanine nucleotide exchange; Isoprenylation; Ras effectors; Ras proteins

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CALCIUM ION; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; RAS PROTEIN;

CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0032869695     PISSN: 13509047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4400557     Document Type: Review

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