Rac and Rho: The story behind melanocyte dendrite formation

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 322-330

  Scott, Glynis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendrite; Melanocyte; Rac; Rho

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; RAC PROTEIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSKELETON; DENDRITE; EPIDERMIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MELANOCYTE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOSKELETON; DENDRITES; EPIDERMIS; HORMONES; HUMANS; MELANOCYTES; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0036784366     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0749.2002.02056.x     Document Type: Review

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