Ral GTPases: Crucial mediators of exocytosis and tumourigenesis

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 157, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 285-299

  Shirakawa, Ryutaro ^a   Horiuchi, Hisanori ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

exocyst; exocytosis; Ral; Ras; tumourigenesis

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN D1; EXOCYST; FILAMIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE RAL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN COMPLEX 1; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE D; PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE C ETA; RLIP76 PROTEIN; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; RAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; EXOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; METASTASIS; NONHUMAN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR INVASION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CARCINOGENESIS; EXOCYTOSIS; HUMANS; RAL GTP-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 84941110929     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: 17562651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvv029     Document Type: Article

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