Ras-specific exchange factor GRF: Oligomerization through its Dbl homology domain and calcium-dependent activation of Raf

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 4611-4622

  Anborgh, Pieter H ^a,b   Qian, Xiaolan ^a   Papageorge, Alex G ^a   Vass, William C ^a   DeClue, Jeffrey E ^a   Lowy, Douglas R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; RAF PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGOMERIZATION; ONCOGENE RAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN ISOLATION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033002199     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.19.7.4611     Document Type: Article

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