Structural mechanisms of plexin signaling

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 161-168

  Pascoe, Heath G ^a   Wang, Yuxiao ^a,c   Zhang, Xuewu ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dimerization; GAP; Plexin; Rap; Signaling

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NERVE PROTEIN; PLEXIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOPLASM; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CYTOPLASM; HUMANS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84952628259     PISSN: 00796107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2015.03.006     Document Type: Review

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