Rac1 and Rac2 GTPases in haematopoiesis

BioEssays

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 221-224

  Weston, Victoria J ^a   Stankovic, Tatjana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE; EMBRYO DEATH; GENE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMATOPOIESIS; NEUTROPHIL; NULL ALLELE; PHENOTYPE; RAC1 GENE; RAC2 GENE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEUTROPHILS; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN;

EID: 1542344531     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.20017     Document Type: Review

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