Expression of the Rho-GEF Pbl/ECT2 is regulated by the UBE3A E3 ubiquitin ligase

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 2825-2835

  Reiter, Lawrence T ^a,b   Seagroves, Tiffany N ^a,b   Bowers, Megan ^a   Bier, Ethan ^a  

^a SECTION OF CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; EPITHELIAL CELL TRANSFORMING SEQUENCE 2 PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; RHO FACTOR; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE E3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HAPPY PUPPET SYNDROME; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCOGENE; ORTHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; UPREGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANGELMAN SYNDROME; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CEREBELLUM; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EYE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33748751286     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddl225     Document Type: Article

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