Growth factor induced activation of Rho and Rac GTPases and actin cytoskeletal reorganization in human lens epithelial cells

Molecular Vision

Volumn 9, Issue , 2003, Pages 329-336

  Maddala, Rupalatha ^a   Reddy, Venkat N ^b   Epstein, David L ^a   Rao, Vasantha ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; ACTIN; BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; GROWTH FACTOR; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; INTEGRIN; LYSOPHOSPHATIDIC ACID; MEVINOLIN; PHALLOIDIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; RAC PROTEIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHO KINASE; SOMATOMEDIN C; THROMBIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GROWTH PROMOTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL ELONGATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ASSAY; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FOCAL ADHESION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LENS EPITHELIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS FIBER; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; LENS; METABOLISM;

ACTINS; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOSKELETON; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0042203546     PISSN: 10900535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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