EhGEF3, a novel Dbl family member, regulates EhRacA activation during chemotaxis and capping in Entamoeba histolytica

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 390-404

  Arias Romero, Luis E ^a   Gonzalez De La Rosa, Claudia H ^a   Almaráz Barrera, Ma De Jesús ^a   Diaz Valencia, Juan D ^a   Sosa Peinado, Alejandro ^b   Vargas, Miguel ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Amoebiasis; Cytoskeleton; GTPase; Migration; RhoGEF; Uroid

Indexed keywords

CELL RECEPTOR; FIBRONECTIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR 3; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PLECKSTRIN; PROTEIN CDC42; PROTEIN DBL; PROTEIN RACA; PROTEIN RHO1; RHO FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VAV PROTEIN; VAV3 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHEMOTAXIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA;

EID: 34247185993     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: 10970169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cm.20191     Document Type: Article

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