RhoA activation during polarization and cytokinesis of the early Caenorhabditis elegans embryo is differentially dependent on NOP-1 and CYK-4

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 23, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 4020-4031

  Tse, Yu Chung ^a   Werner, Michael ^a,c   Longhini, Katrina M ^a   Labbe, Jean Claude ^b,d   Goldstein, Bob ^b   Glotzer, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN; PROTEIN CYK 4; PROTEIN NOP1; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL POLARITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO POLARITY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL POLARITY; CYTOKINESIS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN;

EID: 84867478412     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: 19394586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E12-04-0268     Document Type: Article

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