Functional redundancy of Rab27 proteins and the pathogenesis of Griscelli syndrome

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 247-257

  Barral, Duarte C ^a   Ramalho, José S ^a   Anders, Ross ^a   Hume, Alistair N ^a   Knapton, Holly J ^a   Tolmachova, Tanya ^a   Collinson, Lucy M ^a   Goulding, David ^a   Authi, Kalwant S ^b   Seabra, Miguel C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAB PROTEIN; RAB27 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GRISCELLI SYNDROME; LYSOSOME; MELANOCYTE; MELANOSOME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0036073806     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI0215058     Document Type: Article

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