The Rap1 GTPase functions as a regulator of morphogenesis in vivo

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 605-615

  Asha, H ^a   De Ruiter, Nancy D ^a   Wang, Min Guang ^a   Hariharan, Iswar K ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; GTPase; Morphogenesis; Rap; Ras

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; RAS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SHAPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OPTIC DISK; OVARY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CELL DIVISION; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; DROSOPHILA; EYE; FEMALE; GENES, INSECT; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION; OOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORYLATION; RAP GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RAS PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033081407     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.3.605     Document Type: Article

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