The Rho family of small GTPases: Crucial regulators of skeletal myogenesis

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 1547-1555

  Bryan, B A ^a   Li, D ^a,b   Wu, X ^b   Liu, M ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cdc42; GTPases; Myogenesis; Rac; Rho; Skeletal myogenesis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; F ACTIN; G ACTIN; INSULIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN ALPHA; PROTEIN CDC42; RAC1 PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; SOMATOMEDIN;

CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DIFFERENTIATION; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; MESODERM; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MYOTUBE; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIME;

ANIMALS; CDC42 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN;

EID: 22544485397     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-005-5029-z     Document Type: Review

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