Rab proteins of the endoplasmic reticulum: Functions and interactors

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1426-1432

  Sandoval, Carolina Ortiz ^a   Simmen, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Endoplasmic reticulum (ER); Golgi complex; GTPase; Mitochondria associated membrane (MAM); Mitochondrion; Rab

Indexed keywords

RAB PROTEIN; RAB1 PROTEIN; RAB18 PROTEIN; RAB1B PROTEIN; RAB2 PROTEIN; RAB27 PROTEIN; RAB27A PROTEIN; RAB3 PROTEIN; RAB32 PROTEIN; RAB33 PROTEIN; RAB35 PROTEIN; RAB5 PROTEIN; RAB6 PROTEIN; RAB7 PROTEIN; RAB9 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AUTOPHAGOSOME; CELL MIGRATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DROSOPHILA; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GOLGI COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GOLGI APPARATUS; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RAB GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; TRANSPORT VESICLES;

EID: 84870175363     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST20120158     Document Type: Conference Paper

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