A RHOse by any other name: A comparative analysis of animal and plant Rho GTPases

Cell Research

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 435-445

  Brembu, Tore ^a,b   Winge, Per ^b   Bones, Atle Magnar ^b   Yang, Zhenbiao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; NADPH oxidase; Rho GTPase; RhoGAP; RhoGDI; RhoGEF; RIC

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 33745584806     PISSN: 10010602     EISSN: 17487838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cr.7310055     Document Type: Conference Paper

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