Ras and Rap1: Two highly related small GTPases with distinct function

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 253, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 157-165

  Zwartkruis, Fried J T ^a   Bos, Johannes L ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cAMP; Epac; GAP; GEF; Rap1; Ras

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; DIACYLGLYCEROL; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN;

CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIGAND BINDING; ONCOGENE RAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SECOND MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0033604512     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/excr.1999.4695     Document Type: Article

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