The Superfamily of ras-Related Genes

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Time-Resolved Biochemical Studies of ras Proteins by Fluorescence Measurements on Tryptophan Mutants....Pages 1-13
Prenylation of ras and ras -Related Proteins....Pages 15-22
The YPT Gene Family of Schizosaccharomyces Pombe ....Pages 23-29
Phosphorylation of rap Proteins by the cAMP-Dependent Protein Kinase....Pages 31-39
Regulation of the ras Pathway in the Fission Yeast Schizosaccharomyces Pombe ....Pages 41-47
Characterization of Normal and Mutant Human Kirsten- ras (4B) p21 and of the Catalytic Domain of GAP....Pages 49-55
The Signal Transduction Pathway Upstream of CDC25 — ras — Adenylate Cyclase in the Yeast Saccharomyces Cerevisiae and its Relationship to Nutrient Control of Cell Cycle Progression....Pages 57-66
Differential P21 Expression and Point Mutations of ras Gene Family in Human Carcinoma Tissues....Pages 67-79
Rearrangement of the Human mel Gene, the rab 8 Homologue, in Human Malignant Melanomas....Pages 81-88
 ras Mutations in Preleukaemia, in Patients Following Cytotoxic Therapy and in Normal Subjects....Pages 89-94
Characterization of the Human N- ras Promoter Region....Pages 95-104
 ras and rap 1 GTPases Mutated at Position 64....Pages 105-110
Progressive Factors in Oncogene Transfected Rodent Embryo Fibroblasts....Pages 111-119
The YPT-Branch of the ras Superfamily of GTP-Binding Proteins in Yeast: Functional Importance of the Putative Effector Region....Pages 121-128
The v-Ki- ras Oncogene Up-Regulates Major Histocompatibility Class II Antigen Expression in Early-Passage Fibroblasts....Pages 129-136
Increases in Phospholipase A2 Activity and in the ADP Ribosylation of G Proteins in K- ras -Transformed Thyroid Cells....Pages 137-143
Suppression of the Phenotype of T24 H- ras 1 Transformed Cells....Pages 145-151
Search for Correlations between K- ras Oncogene Activation and Pathology, in Sporadic and Familial Colonic Adenomas....Pages 153-161
Molecular Evolution of the Ha- ras -1 Oncogene: Relationship between DNA Methylation, Frequency of CpG Dinucleotides and Binding to the Sp1 Transacting Factor....Pages 163-172
Ha- ras -1 Transfected Cells: Induction to Differentiation by Natural and Synthetic Retinoids....Pages 173-181
The Three-Dimensional Structure of P21 in the Catalytically Active Conformation and Analysis of Oncogenic Mutants....Pages 183-193
Detection of N- ras Mutations in Acute Myeloid Leukemia....Pages 195-203
Evidence for ras -Dependent and Independent Pathways in NGF-Induced Neuronal Differentiation of PC12 Cells....Pages 205-211
Prognostic Implications of ras Oncogene Expression in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma....Pages 213-226
Possible Role for Ha- ras Expression in Inducible Steroidogenesis in Immortalized Granulosa Cell Lines....Pages 227-236
Biological Function of Aplysia californica rho Gene....Pages 237-242
The c-Ha-ras Oncogene Induces Increased Expression of β-Galactoside α-2,6-Sialyltransferase in Rat Fibroblast (FR3T3) Cells....Pages 243-252
Localization of rab Proteins....Pages 253-262
The Drosophila ras 2/ cs 1 Bidirectional Promoter Shares Consensus Sequences with the Human c-Ha- ras 1 Promoter....Pages 263-275
Oncogene Expression and Cervical Cancer....Pages 277-283
The Effect of H- ras and C- myc Oncogene Transfection on the Response of Lung Epithelial Cells to Growth Factors and Cytotoxic Drugs....Pages 285-294
The rap Protein Family: rap 1A, rap 1B, rap 2A, and rap 2B....Pages 295-302
Expression of the Drosophila ras 2/ cs 1 Gene Pair during Development....Pages 303-309
Transcriptional Regulation of c-Ha- ras 1 Gene....Pages 311-316
Effects of v-H- ras on Immortalized Non-Tumorigenic Human Mammary Epithelial Cells....Pages 317-326
 SDC25 , a New Gene of Saccharomyces Cerevisiae , Homologous to CDC25 : The 3′-Part of SDC25 Encodes an Exchange Factor Able to Act on ras Proteins....Pages 327-336
Back Matter....Pages 337-338