A genetically encoded photoactivatable Rac controls the motility of living cells

Nature

Volumn 461, Issue 7260, 2009, Pages 104-108

  Wu, Yi I ^a,b   Frey, Daniel ^c   Lungu, Oana I ^a,b   Jaehrig, Angelika ^a,b   Schlichting, Ilme ^c   Kuhlman, Brian ^a,b   Hahn, Klaus M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN; OXYGEN; P21 ACTIVATED KINASE; RAC PROTEIN; RAC1 PROTEIN; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

CYTOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PROTEIN;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL MOTILITY; CELL MOTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EMBRYO; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INHIBITION KINETICS; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; MODULATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOACTIVATION; PHOTOREACTIVATION; PHOTOTROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

ANIMALS; AVENA SATIVA; CELL LINE; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL SURFACE EXTENSIONS; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FIBROBLASTS; FLAVOPROTEINS; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MYOSINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS;

METAZOA;

EID: 69949104482     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08241     Document Type: Article

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