Function and regulation of the Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor trio

Small GTPases

Volumn 5, Issue JUL, 2014, Pages

  Schmidt, Susanne ^a   Debant, Anne ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Actin cytoskeleton remodeling; Cancer; Cell adhesion; GEF; GEF inhibitors; Migration and invasion; Neuronal differentiation; Rho GTPases; Trio; UNC 73

Indexed keywords

DBL PROTEIN; DOCK PROTEIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; KALIRIN; PROTEIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR TRIO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL FUNCTION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PARALOGY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; EVOLUTION; GLIOBLASTOMA; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; T CELL LEUKEMIA; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UVEA MELANOMA;

EID: 84922245503     PISSN: 21541248     EISSN: 21541256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/sgtp.29769     Document Type: Article

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