Rho-associated kinase, a novel serine/threonine kinase, as a putative target for small GTP binding protein Rho.

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Published in EMBO J on May 01, 1996

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T Matsui1, M Amano, T Yamamoto, K Chihara, M Nakafuku, M Ito, T Nakano, K Okawa, A Iwamatsu, K Kaibuchi

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1: Division of Signal Transduction, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Japan.

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