Activation of LIM-kinase by Pak1 couples Rac/Cdc42 GTPase signalling to actin cytoskeletal dynamics

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 253-259

  Edwards, David C ^a   Sanders, Luraynne C ^b   Bokoch, Gary M ^b   Gill, Gordon N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; LIM KINASE; PAK1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PHOSPHOTHREONINE; PROTEIN CDC42; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; RAC PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRAIN COS1; CYTOSKELETON; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE DELETION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CDC42 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE; COS CELLS; CYTOSKELETON; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMANS; KINETICS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOSPHOTHREONINE; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFECTION; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 0033194037     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/12963     Document Type: Article

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