Pak1 kinase homodimers are autoinhibited in trans and dissociated upon activation by Cdc42 and Rac1

Molecular Cell

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 73-83

  Parrini, Maria Carla ^a   Lei, Ming ^a   Harrison, Stephen C ^a,b   Mayer, Bruce J ^a  

^a Laboratory of Molecular Pathology   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; LIGAND; P21 ACTIVATED KINASE 1; PROTEIN; PROTEIN CDC42; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; RAC1 PROTEIN; RHO KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOSKELETON; DIMERIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 0036158988     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(01)00428-2     Document Type: Article

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