Radixin: Cytoskeletal adopter and signaling protein

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2131-2136

  Hoeflich, Klaus P ^a,b   Ikura, Mitsuhiko ^a,b  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

4.1 ezrin radixin moesin; carboxy terminal domain; Cortical cytoskeleton; CTD; ERM; ezrin radixin moesin; FERM; Neurofibromatosis; neurofibromatosis 2; NF2; Radixin; Signal transduction; Tumor suppressor

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; EZRIN; MOESIN; RADIXIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CYTOSKELETON; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG TARGETING; HUMAN; MEMBRANE BINDING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 4143135453     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2003.11.018     Document Type: Short Survey

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