Cell motility: Can Rho GTPases and microtubules point the way?

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 114, Issue 21, 2001, Pages 3795-3803

  Wittmann, T ^a   Waterman Storer, C M ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Cell motility; Cytoskeleton; Microtubules; Rho GTPases

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MICROTUBULE PROTEIN; PROTEIN CDC42; RAC1 PROTEIN; RHO FACTOR; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; CYTOSKELETON; HUMANS; MICROTUBULES; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035178210     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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