Using Drosophila and Yeast Genetics to Investigate a Role for the Rheb GTPase in Cell Growth

Methods in Enzymology

Volumn 407, Issue , 2006, Pages 443-454

  Patel, Parthive H ^a   Tamanoi, Fuyuhiko ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN; RHEB PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL COUNT; CELL CYCLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL SIZE; DROSOPHILA; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; YEAST;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUKARYOTA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 33744549483     PISSN: 00766879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0076-6879(05)07036-9     Document Type: Review

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