Rho GTPases control specific cytoskeleton-dependent functions of hematopoietic stem cells

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 256, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 255-268

  Nayak, Ramesh C ^a   Chang, Kyung Hee ^b   Vaitinadin, Nataraja Sarma ^a,c   Cancelas, Jose A ^a,b,c  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cdc42; Migration; Rac; Rho; Self renewal; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN KINASE; PROTEIN CDC42; RAC PROTEIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL HOMING; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POLARITY; CELL RENEWAL; CYTOSKELETON; ENGRAFTMENT; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; MICROTUBULE; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STRESS FIBER;

CDC42; MIGRATION; RAC; RHO; SELF-RENEWAL; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CYTOSKELETON; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 84885341651     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: 1600065X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imr.12119     Document Type: Article

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