Use of Caenorhabditis elegans to Evaluate Inhibitors of Ras Function In Vivo

Methods in Enzymology

Volumn 439, Issue , 2008, Pages 425-449

  Reiner, David J ^a,b,c   González Pérez, Vanessa ^a,c   Der, Channing J ^a,b   Cox, Adrienne D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIAMINO 1,4 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYLTHIO) 2,3 DICYANOBUTADIENE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE 1; PROTEIN KINASE; RAF PROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN; 1,3 BUTADIENE DERIVATIVE; NITRILE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE RAS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; WORM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VULVA;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANIMALS; BUTADIENES; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FEMALE; NITRILES; RAS PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VULVA;

EID: 45549093198     PISSN: 00766879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0076-6879(07)00430-2     Document Type: Review

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