Taking Rho GTPases to the next level: The cellular functions of atypical Rho GTPases

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 313, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 3673-3679

  Aspenström, Pontus ^a   Ruusala, Aino ^a   Pacholsky, Dirk ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Rho GTPase; RhoBTB; RhoH; Wrch 1

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; PROTEIN CDC42; PROTEIN CHP; PROTEIN WRCH 1; RAC1 PROTEIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHOBTB GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHOH GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL ADHESION; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CYTOSKELETON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; UBIQUITINATION;

EID: 34648844192     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2007.07.022     Document Type: Review

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