Xenopus laevis actin-depolymerizing factor/cofilin: A phosphorylation-regulated protein essential for development

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 871-885

  Abe, Hiroshi ^a   Obinata, Takashi ^a   Minamide, Laurie S ^b   Bamburg, James R ^b,c  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Immunology and Pathology   (United States)

^c Dept of Biochem and Molec Biology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CYTOKINESIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ACTIN DEPOLYMERIZING FACTORS; ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; CELL DIVISION; COFILIN 1; COFILIN 2; DESTRIN; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, LETHAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OOCYTES; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 0029867539     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.132.5.871     Document Type: Article

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