Regulation of neutrophil function by Rac GTPases

Current Opinion in Hematology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 8-15

  Dinauer, Mary C ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE (CYTOCHROME); OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN P67; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RAC PROTEIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE; SUPEROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL FUNCTION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; HUMANS; NADPH OXIDASE; NEUTROPHILS; PROTEIN BINDING; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 0037215397     PISSN: 10656251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00062752-200301000-00003     Document Type: Review

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