The mechanism of Ras GTPase activation by neurofibromin

Biochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 3956-3965

  Phillips, Robert A ^a   Hunter, Jackie L ^a   Eccleston, John F ^a   Webb, Martin R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STOPPED-FLOW MEASUREMENTS;

ANISOTROPY; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROLYSIS; QUENCHING; RATE CONSTANTS;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE DERIVATIVE; NEUROFIBROMIN; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATE; WATER;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CONFORMATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTHRANILIC ACIDS; BINDING SITES; CATALYSIS; COUMARINS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HUMANS; HYDROLYSIS; NEUROFIBROMIN 1; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS P21(RAS);

EID: 0037426364     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi027316z     Document Type: Article

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