A family of WASPs

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 348, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 350-351

  Snapper, Scott B ^a,c   Rosen, Fred S ^b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR BLOOD RESEARCH   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN; F ACTIN; G ACTIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN CDC42; RAC PROTEIN; RHO FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CYTOSKELETON; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHIGELLA; THROMBOCYTE; VACCINIA; WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

ACTINS; CELL MOVEMENT; CYTOSKELETON; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROTEINS; WISKOTT-ALDRICH SYNDROME; WISKOTT-ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN; WISKOTT-ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN, NEURONAL;

EID: 0037461597     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcibr001155     Document Type: Article

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