RAS Family GTPases (eBook)

1. Ras-GEFs and Ras GAPs;J.M. Rojas and E. Santos. 2 Structural Principles of Ras Interaction with Regulators and Effectors ;D. Fiegen, R. Dvorsky, and M.R. Ahmadian. 3.Ras and the Raf/MEK/ERK cascade; D.K. Morrison and I. O. Dar. 4 Noncanonical effector targets of oncogenic ras protein; B. Boettner and L. Van Aelst. 5. Effectors of Ras-mediated oncogenesis; E.J. Chenette, G. A. Repasky*, and C.J. Der. 6 Rho proteins in Ras signaling and transformation ;A.E. Karnoub, E.J. Chenette and C.J. Der. 7 Global effects of Ras signaling on the genetic program in mammalian cells – R. Schafer, O.I. Tchernitsa and C. Sers. 8 Ras Signaling In C. elegans Ras: a genetic overview; D.J. Eastburn and M. Han. 9 Ras family G-proteins in S. cerevisiae and S. pombe; A. P. Tabancay, Jr., M.J. Comiso and F. Tamanoi. 10 Comparison of the effects of Ras effector mutants and Ras effectors on transformed and tumorigenic growth of human and rodent cells ;K. Lim and C. M. Counter. 11 Genetically engineered mice harboring ras mutations as models of himan cancer: in media ras; T.Z. Zaks, M.A. Jacobetz, Jr., and D.A. Tuveson. 12 Ras family proteins (Rap, Ral, R-Ras, Rheb, Rit/Rin, and others); J. De Gunzberg. 13 k B-Ras: a small GTPase that influences NF-k B signaling - T. Huxford, A.K. Moorthy, and G. Ghosh 14 Anti-Ras approaches and cancer treatment – J.J. Fiordalisi, C.J. Der and A.D. Cox.