Myelination: All about Rac 'n' roll

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 177, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 953-955

  Chan, Jonah R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; RAC2 PROTEIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; LAMELLIPODIUM; MOLECULE; MYELINATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE GROWTH; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHWANN CELL;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL SURFACE EXTENSIONS; HUMANS; MYELIN SHEATH; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; SCHWANN CELLS;

EID: 34250741953     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 00219525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200705105     Document Type: Review

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