CGEF-1 and CHIN-1 regulate CDC-42 activity during asymmetric division in the Caenorhabditis elegans embryo

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 266-277

  Kumfer, Kraig T ^a   Cook, Steven J ^a   Squirrell, Jayne M ^a   Eliceiri, Kevin W ^a   Peel, Nina ^b   O'Connell, Kevin F ^b   White, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN; MYOSIN II; PROTEIN; PROTEIN CDC42; PROTEIN CGEF 1; PROTEIN CHIN 1; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CDC42 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEINS; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; MYOSIN TYPE II; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 75649117062     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E09-01-0060     Document Type: Article

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