Rho, Rac, Pak and angiogenesis: Old roles and newly identified responsibilities in endothelial cells

Cancer Letters

Volumn 229, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-23

  Fryer, Benjamin H ^a   Field, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Akt; cGMP; Pak; Rac; VASP; VEGF

Indexed keywords

ABELSON KINASE; ANGIOPOIETIN RECEPTOR; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 5; PROTEIN CDC42; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN P21; RAC PROTEIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; STEROID RECEPTOR COACTIVATOR 1; TIE 1 RECEPTOR; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR; VASCULOTROPIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANGIOGENESIS; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHEMOTAXIS; EFFECTOR CELL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HUMAN; MOLONEY MURINE SARCOMA ONCOVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VIRUS CARCINOGENESIS; VIRUS ETIOLOGY; VIRUS STRAIN;

EID: 24644500063     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2004.12.009     Document Type: Review

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