Small Rho GTPases in the control of cell shape and mobility

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1703-1721

  Murali, Arun ^a   Rajalingam, Krishnaraj ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amoeboid; Cdc42; Cell migration; Cell shape; Mesenchymal; Metastases; Plasticity; Rac1; Rho GTPases; RhoA

Indexed keywords

CDC42 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL SHAPE; HUMANS; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SUMOYLATION; UBIQUITINATION;

EID: 84899442348     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-013-1519-6     Document Type: Review

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