Medical Definition of Rab gene
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1. One of the three main groups of ras like genes specifying small GTP-binding proteins (the others are ras and rho). Rab proteins are involved in vesicular traffic and seem to control translocation from donor to acceptor membranes.
2. | Gene family in plants responsive to abscisic acid: encode proteins of 15-17 kD.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Rab Gene
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