PAK and other Rho-associated kinases - Effectors with surprisingly diverse mechanisms of regulation

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 386, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 201-214

  Zhao, Zhou Shen ^a   Manser, Ed ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cdc42; MLK (mixed lineage kinase); PAK (p21 activated kinase); Rac; Rho; ROK (rho kinase)

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; DIMERIZATION; PROTEINS;

CITRON KINASE (CRIK); PROTEIN KINASE NOVEL (PKN); RHO GTPASES; TEMPORAL PHOSPHORYLATION;

ENZYMES;

ACTIN; CITRON KINASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MIXED LINEAGE KINASE; MYOSIN II; MYOTONIN RELATED CDC42 BINDING KINASE; P21 ACTIVATED KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE NOVEL; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHO KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN FILAMENT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CYTOSKELETON; DIMERIZATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME REGULATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CITRUS MEDICA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 14844293207     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20041638     Document Type: Review

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