Signalling through the RhoGEF pebble in Drosophila

IUBMB Life

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 290-295

  Gregory, Stephen L ^a   Lorensuhewa, Nirmal ^b   Saint, Robert ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cell migration; Cytokinesis; Rho; RhoGEF

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; RHO FACTOR;

CELL MIGRATION; CYTOKINESIS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM CELL; MAMMAL; MESENCHYME CELL; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; MONOMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77951124104     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: 15216551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iub.310     Document Type: Review

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