Rho and Rac Take Center Stage

Cell

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 167-179

  Burridge, Keith ^a   Wennerberg, Krister ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN; INSULIN; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN CDC42; RAC PROTEIN; RHO FACTOR; RHOB GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SURVIVAL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS FIBER; TENSION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0842281652     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(04)00003-0     Document Type: Review

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