Human ECT2 is an exchange factor for Rho GTPases, phosphorylated in G2/M phases, and involved in cytokinesis

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 921-927

  Tatsumoto, Takashi ^a   Xie, Xiaozhen ^a   Blumenthal, Rayah ^a   Okamoto, Isamu ^a   Miki, Toru ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell division; Microinjection; Nucleotide exchange; Oncogene; Phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; RHO FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL DIVISION; CYTOKINESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERPHASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANTIBODIES; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CDC42 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; CELL DIVISION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; G2 PHASE; GROWTH INHIBITORS; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; HUMANS; MICROINJECTIONS; MITOSIS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033615978     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.147.5.921     Document Type: Article

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