Epithelial junctions and Rho family GTPases: The zonular signalosome

Small GTPases

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Citi, Sandra ^a   Guerrera, Diego ^a   Spadaro, Domenica ^a   Shah, Jimit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cdc42; Cytoseleton; Epithelium; Junctions; Rac; Rho

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN; PROTEIN CDC42; RAC1 PROTEIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZONULAR SIGNALOSOME;

ARTICLE; CELL ANCHORAGE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOSKELETON; ENZYME REGULATION; EPITHELIAL JUNCTION; EPITHELIUM; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TIGHT JUNCTION;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84922239992     PISSN: 21541248     EISSN: 21541256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/21541248.2014.973760     Document Type: Article

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