Deficiency of small GTPase Rac2 affects T cell activation

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 194, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 915-925

  Yu, H ^a   Leitenberg, D ^a   Li, B ^a   Flavell, R A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; MAPK; Rac2; T cell activation; VAV

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CALCIUM; CD3 ANTIGEN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE; RAC PROTEIN; RAC2 PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD3; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-VAV; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0035477599     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.194.7.915     Document Type: Article

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