PAK thread from amoeba to mammals

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 579-585

  Kumar, Anupam ^a   Molli, Poonam R ^a   Pakala, Suresh B ^a   Bui Nguyen, Tri M ^a   Rayala, Suresh K ^a   Kumar, Rakesh ^a,b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Motility; PAK1; Survival

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; P21 ACTIVATED KINASE; P21 ACTIVATED KINASE 1; P21 ACTIVATED KINASE 2; P21 ACTIVATED KINASE 7; PROTEIN CDC42; RAC PROTEIN;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SURVIVAL; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; XENOPUS; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOSKELETON; HUMANS; P21-ACTIVATED KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; YEASTS;

AMOEBA (GENUS); EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 67650079095     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: 10974644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcb.22159     Document Type: Review

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