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Expression of ral GTPases, their effectors, and activators in human bladder cancer.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 1 Jul 2007
Smith Steven Christopher, Oxford Gary, Baras Alexander S, Owens Charles, Havaleshko Dmytro, Brautigan David L, Safo Martin K, Theodorescu Dan
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PURPOSE: The Ral family of small G proteins has been implicated in tumorigenesis, invasion, and metastasis in in vitro and animal model systems; however, a systematic evaluation of the state of activation, mutation, or expression of these GTPases has not been reported in any tumor type. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: We determined the activation state of the RalA and RalB paralogs in 10 bladder cancer cell lines with...
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