Rac GTPases in human diseases

Disease Markers

Volumn 29, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 177-187

  Pai, Sung Yun ^a   Kim, Chaekyun ^b   Williams, David A ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

leukocyte adhesion deficiency; lymphocytes; neutrophils; Rac; Rho GTPases; RhoH

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 3; INTERLEUKIN 8; PROTEIN CDC42; RAC PROTEIN; RAC1 PROTEIN; RAC2 PROTEIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CELL ADHESION; CELL FUNCTION; CHEMOTAXIS; DEGRANULATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FIBROBLAST; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFANCY; INFECTION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LEUKOCYTE ADHESION DEFICIENCY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAST CELL; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME;

MUS;

EID: 78650674708     PISSN: 02780240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/DMA-2010-0738     Document Type: Article

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