Rac1 and RhoA GTPases have antagonistic functions during N-cadherin-dependent cell-cell contact formation in C2C12 myoblasts

Biology of the Cell

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 503-517

  Comunale, Franck ^a   Causeret, Marie ^a   Favard, Cyril ^b   Cau, Julien ^a   Taulet, Nicolas ^a   Charrasse, Sophie ^a   Gauthier Rouvière, Cécile ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE PHARMACOLOGIE ET DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

Author keywords

Cell cell adhesion; GTPase; N cadherin; Rac1; RhoA

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; CADHERIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; RAC1 PROTEIN; RHO KINASE; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CONTACT; CELL CYCLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; IMMOBILIZATION; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOUSE; MYOBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; MYOBLASTS; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN;

EID: 34548390646     PISSN: 02484900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BC20070011     Document Type: Article

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