Activation of the Ras superfamily of small GTPases
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Activation of the Ras superfamily of small GTPases. Workshop on exchange factors.
Introduction The Center for International Meetings on Biology workshop on ‘Exchange Factors’ provided an up-to-date view of how guaninenucleotide-exchange factors (GEFs) affect the biochemical pathways that regulate the Ras superfamily of small GTPases, and how these molecules function as part of an interrelated network of regulatory proteins that mediate the biological responses of Ras-like GT...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: EMBO reports
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1469-221X,1469-3178
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.embor831