Microtubule growth activates Rac1 to promote lamellipodial protrusion in fibroblasts

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-50

  Waterman Storer, Clare M ^a   Worthylake, Rebecca A ^a   Liu, Betty P ^a   Burridget, Keith ^a   Salmon, E D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; NOCODAZOLE; PACLITAXEL; RAC1 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL MOTION; CELL STRAIN 3T3; DRUG EFFECT; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

3T3 CELLS; ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; KINETICS; MICE; MICROTUBULES; NOCODAZOLE; PACLITAXEL; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN;

EID: 0033130049     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/9018     Document Type: Article

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