Membrane targeting of Rab GTPases is influenced by the prenylation motif

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1882-1899

  Gomes, Anita Q ^a   Ali, Bassam R ^a   Ramalho, José S ^a   Godfrey, Richard F ^b   Barral, Duarte C ^a   Hume, Alistair N ^a   Seabra, Miguel C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; DIMETHYLALLYLTRANSFERASE; GERANYLTRANSFERASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; RAB PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MUTANT; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENDOSOME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MELANOSOME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PHENOTYPE; PRENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN TARGETING; TARGET CELL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TRANSGENE;

CELL MEMBRANE; ENDOSOMES; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE DISSOCIATION INHIBITORS; HEAT; HUMANS; MUTATION; PROTEIN ISOPRENYLATION; RAB5 GTP-BINDING PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; UNIDENTIFIED INSERTION SEQUENCE;

EID: 0038247888     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E02-10-0639     Document Type: Article

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