Rho Family of Guanine Exchange Factors (GEFs) in Cellular Activation: Who's Dancing? And With Whom?

Circulation Research

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 794-795

  Dudek, Steven M ^b   Garcia, Joe G N ^a  

^a Harry and Jeannette Weinberg Cancer Center   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Guanine exchange factor; Lysophosphatidic acid; Rac; Rho

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; RAC PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RHO FACTOR;

CELL ACTIVATION; EDITORIAL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY;

ANIMALS; FIBROBLASTS; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LYSOPHOSPHOLIPIDS; MICE; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 0242266971     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.0000100844.06166.FF     Document Type: Editorial

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