The ras superfamily of small GTPases: The unlocked secrets

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 1120, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-18

  Goitre, Luca ^a   Trapani, Eliana ^a   Trabalzini, Lorenza ^b   Retta, Saverio Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Function and regulation of Ras GTPases; Posttranslational modifications of Ras GTPases; Ras superfamily; Signaling of Ras GTPases; Small GTPases; Subcellular dynamics of Ras GTPases

Indexed keywords

ARF PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; RAB PROTEIN; RAN PROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN; RHO FACTOR;

ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RAS PROTEINS;

EID: 84934443694     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-791-4_1     Document Type: Review

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