RhoC protein stimulates migration of gastric cancer cells through interaction with scaffold protein IQGAP1

Molecular Medicine Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 697-703

  Wu, Yan ^a   Chen, Yong Chang ^a   Sang, Jian Rong ^a   Xu, Wen Rong ^a  

^a JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gastric cancer cell; IQGAP1; Migration; RhoC

Indexed keywords

IQ MOTIF CONTAINING GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN 1; PROTEIN C; PROTEIN CDC42; RAC1 PROTEIN; RHO FACTOR; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL CULTURE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; STOMACH CANCER; WESTERN BLOTTING;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL MOVEMENT; HUMANS; RAS GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEINS; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79957661591     PISSN: 17912997     EISSN: 17913004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2011.482     Document Type: Article

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