Cell migration: Rho GTPases lead the way

Developmental Biology

Volumn 265, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-32

  Raftopoulou, Myrto ^b   Hall, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cell behavior; Cell migration; Rho GTPase

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POLARITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0345731237     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2003.06.003     Document Type: Review

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