Light-mediated activation reveals a key role for Rac in collective guidance of cell movement in vivo

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 591-597

  Wang, Xiaobo ^a   He, Li ^a   Wu, Yi I ^b   Hahn, Klaus M ^b   Montell, Denise J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAC PROTEIN; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL MOTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PHOTOACTIVATION; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL SURFACE EXTENSIONS; CELLS, CULTURED; CRICETINAE; DROSOPHILA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PROTEINS;

EID: 77953123080     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb2061     Document Type: Article

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