A dual role for Rac1 GTPases in the regulation of cell motility

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 387-398

  Filić, Vedrana ^a   Marinović, Maja ^a   Faix, Jan ^b   Weber, Igor ^a  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actin cytoskeleton; Cell motility; Cell polarization; Dictyostelium; FRET; Rac1; Rho GTPases

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; CHEMOATTRACTANT; CORTEXILLIN I; CORTEXILLIN II; FLUORESCENT DYE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; P21 ACTIVATED KINASE 1; RAC1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL POLARITY; CYTOKINESIS; DICTYOSTELIUM; ENDOCYTOSIS; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HYBRID; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; VERTEBRATE; YEAST;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; CELL LINE; CELL MOVEMENT; CYCLIC AMP; DICTYOSTELIUM; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENT DYES; FOLIC ACID; GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEINS; P21-ACTIVATED KINASES; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; THIAZOLIDINES;

DICTYOSTELIUM; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84858148138     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.089680     Document Type: Article

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