Tissue-specific functions of the Caenorhabditis elegans p120 Ras GTPase activating protein GAP-3

Developmental Biology

Volumn 323, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 166-176

  Stetak, Attila ^a   Gutierrez, Peter ^a   Hajnal, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

GAP; GTPase; Ras; Suppressor; Tumor

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN GAP 3; RAS PROTEIN; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL SPECIFICITY; GAP 3 GENE; GENE; GENE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA; METAZOA;

EID: 54849418152     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2008.08.026     Document Type: Article

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