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Dominant negative mutation of the hematopoietic-specific Rho GTPase, Rac2, is associated with a human phagocyte immunodeficiency.
Blood - 1 Sept 2000
Williams D A, Tao W, Yang F, Kim C, Gu Y, Mansfield P, Levine J E, Petryniak B, Derrow C W, Harris C, Jia B, Zheng Y, Ambruso D R, Lowe J B, Atkinson S J, Dinauer M C, Boxer L
Abstract excerpt
Rho GTPases control a variety of cellular processes, including actin polymerization, integrin complex formation, cell adhesion, gene transcription, cell cycle progression, and cell proliferation. A patient is described who has recurrent infections and defective neutrophil cellular functions similar to those found in Rac2-deficient mice. Molecular methods were used to clone the expressed Rac2 cDNA from this...
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