Scambio, a novel guanine nucleotide exchange factor for Rho

Molecular Cancer

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Curtis, Christina ^a   Hemmeryckx, Bianca ^a   Haataja, Leena ^a,b   Senadheera, Dinithi ^a   Groffen, John ^a   Heisterkamp, Nora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; PROTEIN CDC42; RAC PROTEIN; RHO FACTOR; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; SCAMBIO PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; SCAMBIO PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL TRANSPORT; CHROMOSOME 14Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENETIC CODE; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME 14; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUSCLE;

CDC42 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 14; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; HUMANS; MUSCLES; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN;

EID: 19444372383     PISSN: 14764598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-4598-3-10     Document Type: Article

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