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. 2018 Sep 20;19(10):2848. doi: 10.3390/ijms19102848
5-FU Fluorouracil
AF6 Afadin
Akt1 RAC-alpha protein serine/threonine kinase
aPKCζ Atypical protein kinase C zeta
Arap3 Arf-GAP with Rho-domain, ANK repeat and PH domain-containing protein 3
BCR B cell antigen receptor
B-Raf B-Raf proto-oncogene protein serine/threonine kinase, MAPKKK
C3G Rap guanine nucleotide exchange factor 1
Ca2+ Calcium ion
CAAX Cys-aliphatic residue-aliphatic residue-X
CAD Cadherin 1, type 1, E-cadherin
CalDAG-GEF Calcium/diacylglycerol guanine nucleotide exchange factor
cAMP 3’,5’ cyclic adenosine monophosphate
CAMs Cellular adhesion molecules
Cdc42 Cell division control protein 42
CD-GEFII Ras guanyl-releasing protein 2
CD-GEFIII Ras guanyl-releasing protein 3
CFC Cardio-Facio-Cutaneous syndrome
CLM Chronic myelogenous leukemia
CS Costello syndrome
C3G Rap guanine nucleotide exchange factor 1
DAG Diacylglycerol
DOCK4 Dedicator of cytokinesis protein 4
E6TP1 Signal-induced proliferation-associated 1 like protein 1
eIF3-F Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 subunit F
EMT Epithelial-mesenchymal transition
ERK1/2 Extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2, MAPK
F-actin Filamentous actin
FOXO1 Forkhead box protein O1
FOXO3 Forkhead box protein O3
FPP Farnesyl pyrophosphate
FRG Ferm, RhoGEF and pleckstrin domain protein 2
FTase Farnesyl transferase
GAPs GTPase-activating proteins
G-CSF Granulocyte colony stimulating agent
GEFs Guanine nucleotide exchange factors
GGPP Geranylgeranyl diphosphate
GGTase I Geranylgeranyl transferase-1
GGTase II Rab geranylgeranyl transferase, geranylgeranyl transferase-2
GM-CSF High-affinity receptor for human granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor
GPCRs G protein-coupled receptors, serpentine receptors
GTPase Guanosine triphosphatase
HMG-CoAR 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase
ICAM-1 Intercellular adhesion molecule 1
ICMT Isoprenylcysteine carboxyl methyltransferase
IGF-1 Insulin like growth factor
JAM-A Junctional adhesion molecule-A
JNK C-Jun N-terminal kinase
KDM6A (K)-specific demethylase 6A
KMT2D Lysine-specific methyltransferase 2D
Krit Krev interaction trapped protein 1
KS Kabuki syndrome
KSR Kinase Suppressor of Ras
LFA-1 Lymphocyte function-associated antigen 1
LS Legius syndrome
MAFbx Muscle-specific F-box
MAPK Mitogen-activated protein kinase
MDCK-f3 Mesenchymal Ras-transformed Madin-Darby canine kidney cells
MEK Mitogen-activated protein kinase, MAPKK
MEK3,6 Mitogen-activated protein kinase 3/6, MAPKK
MET Mesenchymal-epithelial transition
miR-203 Short non-coding RNA molecule
mTORC1 Mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1
NF1 Neurofibromatosis type 1
NO Nitric oxide
Nox2 NADH oxidase 2
NS Noonan syndrome
NSML Noonan syndrome with multiple lentigins syndrome
p120ctn Catenin (cadherin-associated protein), delta 1
p38MAPK P38 MAP kinase
PAR3 Partitioning defective protein 3
PAR6 Partitioning defective protein 6
PECAM-1 Platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule—also known as CD31—cluster of differentiation 31
PI3K Phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit alpha/beta/delta
PKA Protein kinase A
PKD1 Protein kinase D1
PLC Phosphatidylinositol phospholipase C
PLC-β Phospholipase C beta
PLC-γ Phospholipase C gamma
PDZ-GEF Rap guanine nucleotide exchange factor 2
Rac1/RAC Rac1-Ras-related C3 botulinum toxin substrate 1
Raf-1 B-Raf proto-oncogene protein serine/threonine kinase, MAPKKK
RapL Ras associated domain-containing protein 5
RapGAP1 Rap1 GTPase activating protein 1
Repac-RAPGEF5 Rap guanine nucleotide exchange factor 5
RGS14 Regulator of G-protein signaling 14
RIAM Amyloid beta A4 precursor protein-binding family B member 1- interacting protein
Rho Ras homolog gene family, member A
Spa1 Signal-induced proliferation-associated gene 1
Spa-L2 Signal-induced proliferation-associated 1 like protein 2
Spa-L3 Signal-induced proliferation-associated 1 like protein 3
Src Sarcoma family protein tyrosine kinases
TEM Transendothelial migration
THP-1 Human monocytic cell line 1
TIAM T-lymphoma invasion and metastasis-inducing protein 1
TLN Talin
TLRs Toll-Like Receptors
TPA 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate
TSC Tuberous sclerosis
TSC1-TSC2 Hamartin-tuberin complex
TSH Thyrotropin
VASP Vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein
Vav2 Vav guanine nucleotide exchange factor 2
VCAM-1 Vascular cell adhesion protein 1
α4β1 (VLA-4) Very late antigen-4
β-cat Catenin beta 1