PleiotRHOpic: Rho pathways are essential for all stages of Neural Crest development

Small GTPases

Volumn 5, Issue MAR, 2014, Pages

  Fort, Philippe ^a   Théveneau, Eric ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

Collective migration; EMT; Neural Crest; Rho GTPases; Signaling pathways

Indexed keywords

LFC PROTEIN; PROTEIN CDC42; RAC PROTEIN; RAC1 PROTEIN; RAC2 PROTEIN; RAC3 PROTEIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHOB GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHOC GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHOD GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHOF GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHOG GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHOU GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHOV GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL ADHESION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POLARITY; CELL SHAPE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO INDUCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; HUMAN; NEURAL CREST; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; CELL MOTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; HUMANS; NEURAL CREST; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RHOB GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84902596757     PISSN: 21541248     EISSN: 21541256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/sgtp.27975     Document Type: Review

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