Big roles for small GTPases in the control of directed cell movement

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 401, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 377-390

  Charest, Pascale G ^a   Firtel, Richard A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell polarity; Cellular motility; Directional sensing; Eukaryotic chemotaxis; G protein

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CELL CULTURE; GROWTH KINETICS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

CELL POLARITY; CELLULAR MOTILITY; DIRECTIONAL SENSING; EUKARYOTIC CHEMOTAXIS; G-PROTEIN;

ENZYMES;

CHEMOATTRACTANT; F ACTIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; RAS PROTEIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ACTIN MYOSIN INTERACTION; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL MOTION; CELL POLARITY; CHEMOTAXIS; CYTOSKELETON; EUKARYOTIC CELL; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

1-PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE; ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL POLARITY; CHEMOTAXIS; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; MICROTUBULES; MYOSINS; PTEN PHOSPHOHYDROLASE; RAS PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 33846639274     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20061432     Document Type: Review

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