RAS SIGNALING AND NF1

被引:88
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MCCORMICK, F
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[1] Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Richmond, CA 94806
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10.1016/S0959-437X(95)90053-5
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Q2 [细胞生物学];
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071009 ; 090102 ;
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The gene responsible for the hereditary disease neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) has been well characterized as a regulator of Ras protein activity. Many aspects of the disease seem to be caused by misregulation of Ras as a result or NF1 mutation. Other aspects, however, point at functions for the NF1 protein that have yet to be discovered.
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