A shortcut from GPCR signaling to Rac-mediated actin cytoskeleton through an ELMO/DOCK complex

Small GTPases

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 183-185

  Xu, Xuehua ^a   Jin, Tian ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotaxis; ELMO protein; G proteincoupled receptor; G subunit; Guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF); Heterotrimeric G protein; Rac; Small G protein; The actin cytoskeleton

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN BETA SUBUNIT; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN GAMMA SUBUNIT; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN DOCK180; PROTEIN ELMO; RAC PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CHEMOTAXIS; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; LEUKOCYTE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM;

EID: 84863806723     PISSN: 21541248     EISSN: 21541256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/sgtp.20271     Document Type: Article

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