RHO GTPASES in neuronal morphogenesis

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 173-180

  Luo, Liqun ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURONS; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0034574572     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35044547     Document Type: Article

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