The inhibition of the expression of the small Rho GTPase Rac1 induces differentiation with no effect on cell proliferation in growing human adult keratinocytes

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 857-864

  Nikolova, Ekaterina ^a,b   Mitev, Vanio ^b   Minner, Frédéric ^a   Deroanne, Christophe F ^c   Poumay, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

c myc; Differentiation; MAPK; Normal human adult keratinocytes; Proliferation; Rac1

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; MYC PROTEIN; RAC1 PROTEIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIDERMIS; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KERATINOCYTE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MYC; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SKIN;

MUS;

EID: 39049114765     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: 10974644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcb.21455     Document Type: Article

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