Actin-mediated gene expression depends on RhoA and Rac1 signaling in proximal tubular epithelial cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Giehl, Klaudia ^a   Keller, Christof ^b   Muehlich, Susanne ^c   Goppelt Struebe, Margarete ^b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; F ACTIN; G ACTIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; LYSOPHOSPHATIDIC ACID; RAC1 PROTEIN; RHO KINASE; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RNA; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; CCN2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; LYSOPHOSPHOLIPID; RAC1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; RHOA PROTEIN, HUMAN; SRF PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INCUBATION TIME; KIDNEY TUBULE EPITHELIUM; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENETICS; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACTINS; CELLS, CULTURED; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; KIDNEY TUBULES, PROXIMAL; LYSOPHOSPHOLIPIDS; MUTATION; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84926297731     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121589     Document Type: Article

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