ARF family G proteins and their regulators: Roles in membrane transport, development and disease

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 362-375

  Donaldson, Julie G ^a   Jackson, Catherine L ^b  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLATION FACTOR; ARF LIKE PROTEIN; COAT PROTEIN; CYTOHESIN 1; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN; MEMBRANE LIPID; PROTEIN SAR1; RAB PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLATION; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CILIATED EPITHELIUM; CYTOSKELETON; GOLGI COMPLEX; HUMAN; LIPID COMPOSITION; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW;

ADP-RIBOSYLATION FACTORS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; CELL MEMBRANE; GOLGI APPARATUS; GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEINS; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MONOMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

EID: 79957473559     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: 14710080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm3117     Document Type: Review

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