Interaction between two isoforms of the NF2 tumor suppressor protein, merlin, and between merlin and ezrin, suggests modulation of ERM proteins by merlin

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 491-502

  Meng, Jin Jun ^a   Lowrie, D J ^a   Sun, Hao ^a   Dorsey, Emily ^a   Pelton, Patricia D ^a   Bashour, Anne Marie ^a   Groden, Joanna ^a   Ratner, Nancy ^a   Ip, Wallace ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; ERM proteins; Ezrin; Merlin; Neurofibromatosis Type II; Schwann cells

Indexed keywords

EZRIN; MERLIN; MOESIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DIMERIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SCHWANN CELL; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLOOD PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; GENES, TUMOR SUPPRESSOR; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 2; NEUROFIBROMIN 2; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER; SCHWANN CELLS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0034670030     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-4547(20001115)62:4<491::AID-JNR3>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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