A Ral guanine exchange factor-Ral pathway is conserved in Drosophila melanogaster and sheds new light on the connectivity of the Ral, Ras, and Rap pathways

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1112-1124

  Mirey, Gladys ^a,b   Balakireva, Maria ^a   L'Hoste, Sébastien ^a   Rossé, Carine ^a   Voegeling, Stéphanie ^a   Camonis, Jacques ^a  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE DERIVATIVE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN; PROTEIN RG1; RAL EXCHANGE FACTOR; RAL PROTEIN; RAP PROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE INTERACTION; MAMMAL CELL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOP CODON; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EYE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; RAL GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; RAP GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RAS PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MAMMALIA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0037305925     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.23.3.1112-1124.2003     Document Type: Article

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