Identification of splicing variants of frabin with partly different functions and tissue distribution

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 286, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1066-1072

  Ikeda, W ^a   Nakanishi, H ^a   Takekuni, K ^a   Itoh, S ^a   Takai, Y ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

And microspike; Cdc42; Filopodium; Frabin; Lamellipodium; Rac

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; PROTEIN CDC42; PROTEIN FRABIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE FUNCTION; LAMELLIPODIUM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0034810610     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.5481     Document Type: Article

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