Overexpression of Rac1 in leukemia patients and its role in leukemia cell migration and growth

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 386, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 769-774

  Wang, Jiying ^a   Rao, Qing ^a   Wang, Min ^a   Wei, Hui ^a   Xing, Haiyan ^a   Liu, Hang ^a   Wang, Yanzhong ^a   Tang, Kejing ^a   Peng, Leiwen ^a   Tian, Zheng ^a   Wang, Jianxiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HEMATOLOGY AND BLOOD DISEASES HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Cell growth; Cell migration; Leukemia; Rac1 GTP binding protein

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; RAC1 PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA; LEUKEMIA CELL; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AMINOQUINOLINES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; PYRIMIDINES; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TUMOR STEM CELL ASSAY;

EID: 67650609536     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.06.125     Document Type: Article

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