Activation of the Drosophila C3G leads to cell fate changes and overproliferation during development, mediated by the RAS-MAPK pathway and RAP1

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 145-155

  Ishimaru, Satoshi ^a   Williams, Rosemary ^a   Clark, Elizabeth ^a   Hanafusa, Hidesaburo ^a   Gaul, Ulrike ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C3G; CRK; Drosophila; RAP1; RAS MAPK signaling

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; RAS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MEMBRANE BINDING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASE SEQUENCE; CA(2+)-CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA PRIMERS; DROSOPHILA; EYE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; HUMANS; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ONCOGENE PROTEIN V-CRK; PROTEINS; RAP GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RAS GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; RAS PROTEINS; RETROVIRIDAE PROTEINS, ONCOGENIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WING;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0033521637     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.1.145     Document Type: Article

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