The Ect2 Rho Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor Is Essential for Early Mouse Development and Normal Cell Cytokinesis and Migration

Genes and Cancer

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 932-942

  Cook, Danielle R ^a   Solski, Patricia A ^b   Bultman, Scott J ^b   Kauselmann, Gunther ^c   Schoor, Michael ^c   Kuehn, Ralf ^c,d   Friedman, Lori S ^e,f   Cowley, Dale O ^b   van Dyke, Terry ^b   Yeh, Jen Jen ^b   Johnson, Leisa ^e,f   Der, Channing J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TaconicArtemis GmbH   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e EXELIXIS INC   (United States)

^f GENENTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

cytokinesis; guanine nucleotide exchange factor; Rho GTPase

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; PROTEIN CDC42; PROTEIN ECT2; RAC1 PROTEIN; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL CYCLE M PHASE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE EMBRYO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84868654087     PISSN: 19476019     EISSN: 19476027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1947601912437035     Document Type: Article

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