MERTK Interactions with SH2-Domain Proteins in the Retinal Pigment Epithelium

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Shelby, Shameka J ^a   Colwill, Karen ^b   Dhe Paganon, Sirano ^c,d   Pawson, Tony ^b,d   Thompson, Debra A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARLY ENDOSOME ANTIGEN 1; GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR BOUND PROTEIN 2; HYBRID PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; POLYHISTIDINE RECOMBINANT RECEPTOR TYROSINE KINASE MERTK[571-999] FUSION PROTEIN; PROTEIN P85 ALPHA; PROTEIN SH2; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; RAB PROTEIN; RECEPTOR TYROSINE KINASE MERTK; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VAV PROTEIN; VAV3 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHAGOSOME; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RAT; RETINA ROD OUTER SEGMENT;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CHOROID; CLASS IA PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GRB2 ADAPTOR PROTEIN; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHOSPHOTYROSINE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-VAV; RATS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; ROD CELL OUTER SEGMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SRC HOMOLOGY DOMAINS; SRC-FAMILY KINASES;

EID: 84873507819     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053964     Document Type: Article

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