The DH-PH Region of the Giant Protein UNC-89 Activates RHO-1 GTPase in Caenorhabditis elegans Body Wall Muscle

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 383, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 747-752

  Qadota, Hiroshi ^a   Blangy, Anne ^b   Xiong, Ge ^a,c   Benian, Guy M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; GEF; muscle; rho; UNC 89

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MYOSIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; UNC 89 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYBRID; IN VITRO STUDY; MYOFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; YEAST;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 53149141697     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.08.083     Document Type: Article

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