Distinct roles of Rac GTPases and the UNC-73/Trio and PIX-1 Rac GTP exchange factors in neuroblast protrusion and migration in C. elegans

Small GTPases

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 44-61

  Dyer, Jamie O ^a,b   Demarco, Rafael S ^a   Lundquist, Erik A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; GTP exchange factor; Neuroblast migration; PIX 1; Rac GTPase; UNC 73 Trio

Indexed keywords

CED 10 PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; PROTEIN CDC42; PROTEIN MIG 2; PROTEIN PIX1; RAC PROTEIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; TRIO PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LAMELLIPODIUM; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 79952055383     PISSN: 21541248     EISSN: 21541256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/sgtp.1.1.12991     Document Type: Article

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