Understanding ERM proteins - the awesome power of genetics finally brought to bear

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 51-56

  Hughes, Sarah C ^a   Fehon, Richard G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EZRIN; MOESIN; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; RADIXIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL ADHESION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SHAPE; CYTOSKELETON; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACTOMYOSIN; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; PHOTORECEPTORS; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SECRETORY VESICLES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 33846297039     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2006.12.004     Document Type: Review

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