Biophysical mechanism for ras-nanocluster formation and signaling in plasma membrane

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Gurry, Thomas ^a,b   Kahramanoǧullari, Ozan ^a   Endres, Robert G ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; RAS PROTEIN;

ANALOG DIGITAL CONVERTER; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL LABELING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIPID RAFT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; METABOLISM; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

BIOPHYSICS; CELL MEMBRANE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RAS PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 67650308484     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006148     Document Type: Article

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