The Ras-GRF1 exchange factor coordinates activation of H-Ras and Rac1 to control neuronal morphology

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2177-2189

  Yang, Huibin ^a   Mattingly, Raymond R ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN GRF1; PROTEIN H RAS; PROTEIN KINASE B; RAC1 PROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WORTMANNIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LYSATE; CELL SIZE; CELL STRAIN; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; LEARNING; MEMORY; MUTANT; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEURITE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

1-PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE; ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; NEURITES; NEURONS; PC12 CELLS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS P21(RAS); RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RAS-GRF1; RATS; SEQUENCE DELETION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33745745744     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E05-10-0913     Document Type: Article

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