Rho GTPases and Regulation of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Localization

Methods in Enzymology

Volumn 439, Issue , 2008, Pages 365-393

  Williams, David A ^a,c   Zheng, Yi ^a,c   Cancelas, Jose A ^a,b,c  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCR ABL PROTEIN; BETA1 INTEGRIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; FIBRONECTIN; INTEGRIN; PADGEM PROTEIN; RAC2 PROTEIN; RAC3 PROTEIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; STEM CELL FACTOR; STROMAL CELL DERIVED FACTOR 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PROTEIN CDC42; RAC PROTEIN; RAC1 PROTEIN; RAC3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; RHOH PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BLOOD CELL; BONE MARROW; CELL ADHESION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LINE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHEMOTAXIS; CLONING; ENGRAFTMENT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL; STEM CELL MOBILIZATION; WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME; ANIMAL; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MOUSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CDC42 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL MOBILIZATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOGENOUS, CHRONIC, BCR-ABL POSITIVE; LYMPHOMA; MICE; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WISKOTT-ALDRICH SYNDROME;

EID: 45549093626     PISSN: 00766879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0076-6879(07)00427-2     Document Type: Review

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