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ReviewSeminars in cell & developmental biology2012

Ras trafficking, localization and compartmentalized signalling.

Ian A Prior, John F Hancock

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Review in Seminars in cell & developmental biology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 144 papers.

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144citing papers in PubMed
6.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

144 citing papers in PubMed, 239 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ian A PriorPhysiological Laboratory, Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Institute of Translational Research, University of Liverpool, Crown St., Liverpool L69 3BX, UK. iprior@liverpool.ac.uk
John F Hancock
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · USUniversity of Liverpool · GB

Funding

Structure and Function of Plasma membrane NanodomainsR01GM066717 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI HANCOCK, JOHN F · 2003 to 2012
$2.4M
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/G018162/1NIGMS NIH HHS GM066717NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM066717Wellcome Trust 085201
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ras proteins are proto-oncogenes that are frequently mutated in human cancers. Three closely related isoforms, HRAS, KRAS and NRAS, are expressed in all cells and have overlapping but distinctive functions. Recent work has revealed how differences between the Ras isoforms in their trafficking, localization and protein-membrane orientation enable signalling specificity to be determined. We review the various strategies used to characterize compartmentalized Ras localization and signalling. Localization is an important contextual modifier of signalling networks and insights from the Ras system are of widespread relevance for researchers interested in signalling initiated from membranes.

Indexed as

Cell CompartmentationSignal TransductionAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsCell MembraneEndoplasmic ReticulumEndosomesEnzyme ActivationEvolution, MolecularGolgi ApparatusHumansMolecular Sequence DataProtein IsoformsProtein Structure, TertiaryProtein Transportras ProteinsProtein Isoformsras Proteins

Identifiers

PMID21924373
PMCPMC3378476
OpenAlexW1996277017

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