Rho Exchange Factor ECT2 Is Induced by Growth Factors and Regulates Cytokinesis Through the N-Terminal Cell Cycle Regulator-Related Domains

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 819-836

  Saito, Shin'ichi ^a   Tatsumoto, Takashi ^a,b   Lorenzi, Matthew V ^a,c   Chedid, Marcio ^a   Kapoor, Veena ^a   Sakata, Hiromi ^a,d   Rubin, Jeffrey ^a   Miki, Toru ^a,e  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Fukuoka Teishin Hospital   (Japan)

^c BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

^d SAPPORO HOKUYU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell division; Mitogen; Oncogene; Serum induction; Small GTPase

Indexed keywords

DNA; GROWTH FACTOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PLECKSTRIN; PROTEIN ECT2; RHO FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CYTOKINESIS; DNA CONTENT; DNA SYNTHESIS; EMBRYO; EPITHELIAL CELL TRANSFORMING GENE 2; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTO ONCOGENE; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOOD PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA; DNA REPAIR; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; HUMANS; MICE; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; S PHASE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALIA; SACCHAROMYCETALES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0242526719     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcb.10688     Document Type: Article

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