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Natalie Ann Mack1, Marios Georgiou

  • 1a School of Life Sciences; Queens Medical Center ; University of Nottingham ; Nottingham , UK.

Small Gtpases
|December 4, 2014
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Keywords:
AB, ApicobasalAJ, Adherens junctionAmot, AngiomotinArp2/3, Actin-related protein-2/3Baz, BazookaC. elegans, Caenorhabditis elegansCA, Constitutively-activeCD2AP, CD2-associated proteinCaco2, Human colon carcinomaCdc42Cora, CoracleCrb, CrumbsDN, Dominant-negativeDia1, Diaphanous-related formin 1Dlg, Discs largeDrosophila, Drosophila melanogasterDys-β, Dystrobrevin-βECM, Extracellular matrixEct2, Epithelial cell transforming sequence 2 oncogeneEya1, Eyes absent 1F-actin, Filamentous actinFRET, Fluorescence resonance energy transferGAP, GTPase-activating proteinGDI, Guanine nucleotide dissociation inhibitorGEF, Guanine nucleotide exchange factorGTPasesJACOP, Junction-associated coiled-coiled proteinJAM, Junctional adhesion moleculeLKB1, Liver kinase B1Lgl, Lethal giant larvaeMDCK, Madin-Darby canine kidneyMTOC, Microtubule-organizing centerNrxIV, Neurexin IVPals1, Protein associated with Lin-7 1Par, Partitioning-defectivePatj, Pals1-associated TJ proteinROCK, Rho-associated kinaseRacRhoRich1, RhoGAP interacting with CIP4 homologuesS. cerevisiae, Saccharomyces cerevisiaeS. pombe, Schizosaccharomyces pombeSH3BP1, SH3-domain binding protein 1Scrib, ScribbleStd, StardustTEM4, Tumor endothelial marker 4TJ, Tight junctionTiam1, T-cell lymphoma invasion and metastasis-inducing protein 1WASp, Wiskott-aldrich syndrome proteinYrt, YurtZA, zonula adherensZO, Zonula occludensaPKC, Atypical Protein Kinase Capicobasalepitheliajunctionparpolarityα-cat, Alpha-cateninβ-cat, Beta-Cateninβ2-syn, Beta-2-syntrophin

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