A brief overview of the small Rho GTPases;Coup d'œil sur les petites GTPases Rho

Medecine/Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 157-162

  Primeau, Martin ^a   Lamarche Vane, Nathalie ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN CDC42; RAC1 PROTEIN; RAC2 PROTEIN; RAC3 PROTEIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHOB GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHOC GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHOD PROTEIN; RHOG PROTEIN; RND1 PROTEIN; RND2 PROTEIN; RND3 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WRCH 1 PROTEIN; WRCH 2 PROTEIN; RHOC PROTEIN, HUMAN;

CELL ADHESION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CELL MIGRATION; CYTOSKELETON; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; MEDICAL RESEARCH; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CELL DIVISION; CELL MOTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIVISION; CELL MOVEMENT; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NEOPLASMS; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RHOB GTP-BINDING PROTEIN;

EID: 39649099802     PISSN: 07670974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/medsci/2008242157     Document Type: Review

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