A novel FERM domain including guanine nucleotide exchange factor is involved in Rac signaling and regulates neurite remodeling

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 19, 2002, Pages 8504-8513

  Kubo, Tateki ^a,b   Yamashita, Toshihide ^a,b   Yamaguchi, Atsushi ^a,b   Sumimoto, Hideki ^c   Hosokawa, Ko ^a   Tohyama, Masaya ^a,b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; FERM domain; Neurite outgrowth; Neuronal morphology; Rac1; Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PLECKSTRIN; PROTEIN CDC42; PROTEIN FERM; RAC PROTEIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LUNG; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEURITE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0036813091     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-19-08504.2002     Document Type: Article

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