Ras trafficking, localization and compartmentalized signalling

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 145-153

  Prior, Ian A ^a   Hancock, John F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

GTPase; Isoforms; Microdomains; Nanoclusters; Organelle; Palmitoylation; Plasma membrane

Indexed keywords

A RAF KINASE; B RAF KINASE; CELL PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; GALECTIN 1; GALECTIN 3; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN; H RAS PROTEIN; K RAS PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NUCLEOLIN; NUCLEOPHOSMIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN N RAS; RAF PROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN; RAS1 PROTEIN; RASC PROTEIN; RASG PROTEIN; SNX17 PROTEIN; SNX27 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AUTOIMMUNE LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE SYNDROME; CANCER STEM CELL; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COSTELLO SYNDROME; CYTOSKELETON; CYTOSOL; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENDOSOME; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; GOLGI COMPLEX; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NOONAN SYNDROME; PALMITOYLATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UBIQUITINATION;

EID: 84858796808     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: 10963634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2011.09.002     Document Type: Review

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