A novel member of the rho family of small GTP-binding proteins is specifically required for cytokinesis

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1321-1329

  Larochelle, Denis A ^a   Vithalani, Kalpa K ^a   De Lozanne, Arturo ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOSKELETON; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GROWTH REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SARCODINA;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DICTYOSTELIUM; DNA, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; MYOSINS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPORES, FUNGAL;

DICTYOSTELIUM; SARCODINA;

EID: 0029945192     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.133.6.1321     Document Type: Article

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