RasGRF suppresses Cdc42-mediated tumour cell movement, cytoskeletal dynamics and transformation

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 819-826

  Calvo, Fernando ^a,b   Sanz Moreno, Victoria ^c,d   Agudo Ibáñez, Lorena ^a   Wallberg, Fredrik ^c   Sahai, Erik ^b   Marshall, Christopher J ^c   Crespo, Piero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; PROTEIN CDC42; RAC1 PROTEIN; RHO FACTOR; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL INVASION; CELL MOTION; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INHIBITION KINETICS; MESENCHYME CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR CELL;

EID: 79959976109     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: 14764679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb2271     Document Type: Article

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