Distinct rac activation pathways control Caenorhabditis elegans cell migration and axon outgrowth

Developmental Biology

Volumn 250, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 145-155

  Wu, Yi Chun ^a   Cheng, Ting Wen ^a   Lee, Ming Chia ^a   Weng, Nei Ying ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Axon outgrowth; ced 10; ced 12; ced 2; ced 5; Cell migration; Guanine nucleotide exchange factor; mig 2; Rac; unc 73

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; RAC PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CED 10 GENE; CED 5 GENE; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRKII GENE; DOCK180 GENE; GENE; GENETICS; MIG 2 GENE; MOTONEURON; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAC GENE; UNC 73 GENE;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0036392188     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2002.0785     Document Type: Article

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