Control of growth and differentiation by Drosophila RasGAP, a homolog of p120 Ras-GTPase-activating protein

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1928-1937

  Feldmann, Pascale ^a   Eicher, Eva N ^a   Leevers, Sally J ^b   Hafen, Ernst ^c   Hughes, David A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; RAS PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; MELANOGASTER; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0032981635     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.19.3.1928     Document Type: Article

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