Small GTPase CDC-42 promotes apoptotic cell corpse clearance in response to PAT-2 and CED-1 in C. elegans

Cell Death and Differentiation

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 845-853

  Neukomm, L J ^a,b   Zeng, S ^a   Frei, A P ^a,c   Huegli, P A ^a,d   Hengartner, M O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INFECTION BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; INTEGRIN; PROTEIN CDC42; PROTEIN CED 10; PROTEIN PAT 2; PROTEIN PAT 3; PROTEIN TIAM 1; PROTEIN UIG 1; PROTEIN UNC 112; RAC PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BETA INTEGRIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CDC-42 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; CED-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; CED-10 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MONOMERIC GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PAT-3 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; UIG-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; UNC-112 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CED 1 GENE; CED 12 GENE; CED 2 GENE; CED 5 GENE; CED 6 GENE; CED 7 GENE; CELL KILLING; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL POLARITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; INTERNALIZATION; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; INTEGRIN BETA CHAINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MONOMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84899986092     PISSN: 13509047     EISSN: 14765403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cdd.2014.23     Document Type: Article

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