Regulation of Xenopus embryonic cell adhesion by the small GTPase, rac

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 298, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 364-370

  Hens, Mark D ^a   Nikolic, Ivana ^a   Woolcock, Caron M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Activin; Animal cap; Cell adhesion; Embryo; Fibronectin; PBD; Rac; Rho GTPase; Western blot; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIVIN; FIBRONECTIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; RAC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL ASSAY; CELL MOTION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; GASTRULATION; GERM LAYER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELL ADHESION; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FIBRONECTINS; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0036430607     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(02)02459-2     Document Type: Article

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