Traffic control: Rab GTPases and the regulation of interorganellar transport

News in Physiological Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 56-61

  Tuvim, Michael J ^a   Adachi, Roberto ^a   Hoffenberg, Simon ^a   Dickey, Burton F ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAB PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; CELL ORGANELLE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ORGANELLES; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RAB GTP-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 0035318531     PISSN: 08861714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiologyonline.2001.16.2.56     Document Type: Article

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