Fission yeast Sop2p: a novel and evolutionarily conserved protein that interacts with Arp3p and modulates profilin function

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 6426-6437

  Balasubramanian, Mohan K ^a   Feoktistova, Anna ^a   McCollum, Dannel ^a   Gould, Kathleen L ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Actin related protein; Cytoskeleton; Profilin; Schizosaccaromyces pombe

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; PROFILIN;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACTIN FILAMENT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL METABOLISM; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOSKELETON; GENE; GENE MUTATION; MORPHOGENESIS; MYXOMYCOTA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; MYXOGASTRIA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0029800868     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb01034.x     Document Type: Article

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