Caenorhabditis elegans SOS-1 is necessary for multiple RAS-mediated developmental signals

EMBO Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 3283-3294

  Chang, Chieh ^a   Hopper, Neil A ^b   Sternberg, Paul W ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Proto oncogene; Ras pathway; Tyrosine kinase; Vulval development

Indexed keywords

ADAPTOR PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHOTYROSINE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; RAS PROTEIN; RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VULVA;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0034601059     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.13.3283     Document Type: Article

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