M-Ras evolved independently of R-Ras and its neural function is conserved between mammalian and ascidian, which lacks classical Ras

Gene

Volumn 429, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 49-58

  Keduka, Etsuko ^a   Kaiho, Ai ^a   Hamada, Mayuko ^b   Watanabe Takano, Haruko ^a   Takano, Kazunori ^a   Ogasawara, Michio ^a   Satou, Yutaka ^b   Satoh, Nori ^b   Endo, Takeshi ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascidian; M Ras; MAP kinase signaling; Neurogenesis; Ras family

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; M RAS PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; R RAS PROTEIN; RAP1 PROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FISH; FLY; GENE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESENCHYME; NEMATODE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAP2 GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CIONA INTESTINALIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURONS; NOTOCHORD; PC12 CELLS; PHYLOGENY; RAS PROTEINS; RATS; UROCHORDATA;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; CIONA INTESTINALIS; EUKARYOTA; HALOCYNTHIA RORETZI; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; METAZOA; RATTUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 56949106334     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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