Proteome-wide dysregulation by PRA1 depletion delineates a role of PRA1 in lipid transport and cell migration

Molecular and Cellular Proteomics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Liu, Hao Ping ^a   Wu, Chih Ching ^a   Kao, Hung Yi ^a   Huang, Yi Chuan ^a   Liang, Ying ^a   Chen, Chia Chun ^a   Yu, Jau Song ^a   Chang, Yu Sun ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; PRENYLATED RAB ACCEPTOR 1 PROTEIN; PROTEOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 3 BETA (2 (DIETHYLAMINO)ETHOXY)ANDROST 5 EN 17 ONE; 3-BETA-(2-(DIETHYLAMINO)ETHOXY)ANDROST-5-EN-17-ONE; ANDROSTANE DERIVATIVE; EBV ASSOCIATED MEMBRANE ANTIGEN, EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; EBV-ASSOCIATED MEMBRANE ANTIGEN, EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MATRIX PROTEIN; RABAC1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TUMOR PROTEIN; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL CLONE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPID TRANSPORT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PRENYLATION; TUMOR BIOPSY; UPREGULATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL MOTION; CELL SHAPE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; TUMOR CELL LINE;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4;

ANDROSTENES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL SHAPE; CHOLESTEROL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIPID METABOLISM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PROTEOME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEINS; VIRAL MATRIX PROTEINS;

EID: 79953171559     PISSN: 15359476     EISSN: 15359484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/mcp.M900641-MCP200     Document Type: Article

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