RapGAPs in brain: Multipurpose players in neuronal Rap signalling

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-9

  Spilker, Christina ^a   Kreutz, Michael R ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

GTPases; phosphorylation; Rap; RapGAP; spines; synapses

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN; PROTEIN SPAR1; PROTEIN SPAR2; RAP PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL STRUCTURE; DENDRITIC CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BRAIN; DENDRITIC SPINES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RAP1 GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77954408162     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07273.x     Document Type: Review

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