Expressions of Rac1, Tiam1 and Cdc42 in retinoblastoma

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1446-1452

  Adithi, Mohan ^a   Venkatesan, Nalini ^a   Kandalam, Mallikarjuna ^a   Biswas, Jyotirmay ^a   Krishnakumar, Subramanian ^a  

^a VISION RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

Cdc42; invasion; Rac1; retinoblastoma; Tiam1

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; PARAFFIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN CDC42; RAC PROTEIN; RAC1 PROTEIN; TIAM 1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CHILD; CHOROID TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; OPTIC NERVE TUMOR; ORBIT TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINOBLASTOMA; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CASPASE 3; CDC42 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RETINAL NEOPLASMS; RETINOBLASTOMA;

EID: 33750442932     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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