The small GTPase Rif is an alternative trigger for the formation of actin stress fibers in epithelial cells

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 123, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1247-1252

  Fan, Lifei ^a   Pellegrin, Stephanie ^a   Scott, Alice ^a   Mellor, Harry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actin stress fibers; Contractile; Formin; Rho GTPase; Stress fibres

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE RIF; METHENAMINE; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN MDIA1; RHO KINASE; ROCK PROTEIN KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; STRESS FIBER;

ACTINS; ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; CELL SURFACE EXTENSIONS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MONOMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RHO-ASSOCIATED KINASES; STRESS FIBERS;

EID: 77951191158     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.061754     Document Type: Article

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