Rac1 GTPase: A "Rac" of all trades

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 370-374

  Bosco, E E ^a   Mulloy, J C ^a   Zheng, Y ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; Proliferation; Rac1; Rho GTPases; Survival

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE 4; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; P21 ACTIVATED KINASE; RAC1 PROTEIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL CELL; B LYMPHOCYTE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BREAST CANCER; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CELL TYPE; COLON CANCER; CYTOSKELETON; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HYPERTENSION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUNG CANCER; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOUSE EMBRYO; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; ENDOCYTOSIS; HUMANS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 59349105526     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-008-8552-x     Document Type: Short Survey

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