RhoE is regulated by cyclic AMP and promotes fusion of human BeWo choriocarcinoma cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Collett, Gavin P ^a   Goh, Xue Fang ^a   Linton, Elizabeth A ^a   Redman, Christopher W G ^a   Sargent, Ian L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE PLACENTA ISOENZYME; BUCLADESINE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; N6 PHENYL CYCLIC AMP; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHOE GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE, PLACENTAL; CARRIER PROTEIN; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL ANCHORED PROTEIN; ISOENZYME; MYRISTOYLATED PROTEIN KINASE A INHIBITOR AMIDE 14 22; MYRISTOYLATED PROTEIN KINASE A INHIBITOR AMIDE 14-22; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; RND3 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; BEWO CELL; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CARCINOMA CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL FUSION; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TROPHOBLAST; CELL CULTURE; CELL HYPOXIA; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; TUMOR CELL LINE; UPREGULATION;

APSEUDES;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BUCLADESINE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUSION; CELL HYPOXIA; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELLS, CULTURED; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; GPI-LINKED PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; ISOENZYMES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PREGNANCY; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84855846725     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030453     Document Type: Article

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