The Nf2 Tumor Suppressor, Merlin, Functions in Rac-Dependent Signaling

Developmental Cell

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 63-72

  Shaw, Reuben J ^a   Paez, J Guillermo ^b   Curto, Marcello ^b   Yaktine, Ann ^b   Pruitt, Wendy Morse ^c   Saotome, Ichiko ^b   O'Bryan, John P ^c   Gupta, Vikas ^a   Ratner, Nancy ^d   Der, Channing J ^c   Jacks, Tyler ^a   McClatchey, Andrea I ^b  

^a Cancer Research   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FALCO COLUMBARIUS;

MERLIN; PROTEIN CDC42; RAC PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN 3T3; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

3T3 CELLS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CDC42 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; GENE EXPRESSION; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROFIBROMIN 2; PHOSPHORYLATION; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 18044399847     PISSN: 15345807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1534-5807(01)00009-0     Document Type: Article

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