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Signal Transduction in Xenopus laevis Oocytes by Ras Oncoproteins and Lipid Metabolites

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The mammalian ras genes (H-ras, K-ras and N-ras) encode a family of closely related 21 kDa proteins that are members of the superfamily of GTP binding proteins (G-proteins). Ras proteins participate in a number of intracellular signalling pathways, and the conservation of Ras throughout the evolution of eukaryotes suggests that this participation is critical.

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  1. Inst. de Investigaciones Biomedicas, Calle Arturo Duperier, 4, E-28029, Madrid, Spain

    Juan Carlos Lacal  & Rosario Perona  & 

  2. University of California Cancer Center, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0636, USA

    James Feramisco

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Carnero, A., Lacal, J.C. (1999). Signal Transduction in Xenopus laevis Oocytes by Ras Oncoproteins and Lipid Metabolites. In: Lacal, J.C., Feramisco, J., Perona, R. (eds) Microinjection. Methods and Tools in Biosciences and Medicine. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-8705-2_13

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