Rho GTPases in animal cell cytokinesis: An occupation by the one percent

Cytoskeleton

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 919-930

  Jordan, Shawn N ^a   Canman, Julie C ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Cdc42; Cytokinesis; GTPase; Rac1; RhoA

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN CDC42; RAC1 PROTEIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ANAPHASE; ANIMAL CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIVISION; CYTOKINESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CDC42 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; CYTOKINESIS; HUMANS; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84869508450     PISSN: 19493584     EISSN: 19493592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cm.21071     Document Type: Review

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