A role for VASP in RhoA-Diaphanous signalling to actin dynamics and SRF activity

EMBO Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3050-3061

  Grosse, Robert ^a   Copeland, John W ^a   Newsome, Timothy P ^b   Way, Michael ^b   Treisman, Richard ^a  

^a THE FRANCIS CRICK INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

MDial; RhoA; Signal transduction; SRF; VASP

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; F ACTIN; RHO FACTOR; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; VASODILATOR STIMULATED PHOSPHOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VACCINIA VIRUS;

3T3 CELLS; ACTINS; ANIMALS; BLOOD PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; GENES, REPORTER; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VACCINIA VIRUS;

SHIGELLA; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; VACCINIA VIRUS;

EID: 0038240513     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg287     Document Type: Article

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