Kinetic timing: A novel mechanism that improves the accuracy of GTPase timers in endosome fusion and other biological processes

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Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 249-255

  Li, Guangpu ^a   Qian, Hong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

GTP hydrolysis; GTP binding; GTPase; Intracellular trafficking; Kinetics; Rab5; Ras; Signal transduction; Timer

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION; ENDOSOME; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE FUSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEADY STATE; TIME;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CRICETINAE; ENDOSOMES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RAB5 GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036213422     PISSN: 13989219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0854.2002.030402.x     Document Type: Article

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