Many faces of Ras activation

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Reviews on Cancer

Volumn 1786, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 178-187

  Buday, László ^a   Downward, Julian ^b  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CNrasGEF; Ras; RasGRF; RasGRP; Sos

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; RAS PROTEIN; SOS PROTEIN;

CATALYSIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BRAIN; CELL MEMBRANE; GENES, RAS; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SON OF SEVENLESS PROTEINS; SOS1 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 56049114699     PISSN: 0304419X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbcan.2008.05.001     Document Type: Review

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