Expression of Rho-family GTPases (Rac, cdc42, Rhoa) and their association with p-21 activated kinase in adult rat peripheral nerve

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 986-993

  Terashima, Tomoya ^a   Yasuda, Hitoshi ^a   Terada, Masahiko ^a   Kogawa, Shuro ^a   Maeda, Kengo ^a   Haneda, Masakazu ^a   Kashiwagi, Atsunori ^a   Kikkawa, Ryuichi ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cdc42; Dorsal root ganglion; P21 activated kinase; Rac; RhoA; Sciatic nerve

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H4; PROTEIN CDC42; PROTEIN P21; RAC PROTEIN; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; SCIATIC NERVE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL GANGLION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035016572     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2001.00336.x     Document Type: Article

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