Coordinating Rho and Rac: The regulation of Rho GTPase signaling and cadherin junctions

Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science

Volumn 116, Issue , 2013, Pages 49-68

  Ratheesh, Aparna ^a   Priya, Rashmi ^a   Yap, Alpha S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Actin assembly; Cadherin signaling; Contractility; GTPases; Myosin; Rac; Rho

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875248520     PISSN: 18771173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-394311-8.00003-0     Document Type: Chapter

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