Drosophila Rheb GTPase is required for cell cycle progression and cell growth

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 116, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 3601-3610

  Patel, Parthive H ^a   Thapar, Nitika ^a   Guo, Lea ^a   Martinez, Monica ^a   Maris, John ^a   Gau, Chia Ling ^a   Lengyel, Judith A ^a   Tamanoi, Fuyuhiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Drosophila; Growth; Rheb; TOR

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; RAPAMYCIN; RAS PROTEIN; RHEB PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SIZE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; FORELIMB; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GROWTH REGULATION; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INTESTINE; MITOSIS INHIBITION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE GROWTH; TRANSPOSON;

1-PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL SIZE; CELLS, CULTURED; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; G1 PHASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONOMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; NEUROPEPTIDES; PHENOTYPE; S PHASE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIROLIMUS; WING;

ANIMALIA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0041827366     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.00661     Document Type: Article

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