Sequential functioning of the ECT-2 RhoGEF, RHO-1 and CDC-42 establishes cell polarity in Caenorhabditis elegans embryos

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 978-985

  Motegi, Fumio ^a   Sugimoto, Asako ^a  

^a RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN CDC42; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR; RHO FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; CELL TYPE; CENTROSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ACTOMYOSIN; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CDC42 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; CELL POLARITY; CENTROSOME; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 33748202573     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb1459     Document Type: Article

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