TcRho1, the Trypanosoma cruzi Rho homologue, regulates cell-adhesion properties: Evidence for a conserved function

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 345, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 617-622

  De Melo, Luiz Dione Barbosa ^a   Eisele, Nicole ^a   Nepomuceno Silva, José Luciano ^a   Lopes, Ulisses Gazos ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Actin; Cytoskeleton; GTPase; NIH 3T3; Rho; TcRho1; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEIN TCRHO1; RHO FACTOR; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LINEAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; EPIMASTIGOTE; FIBROBLAST; GENE MUTATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPOMASTIGOTE;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE; CELL MOVEMENT; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MICE; MUTATION; NIH 3T3 CELLS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EUKARYOTA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 33646847486     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.04.075     Document Type: Article

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