In vivo phosphorylation of actin in Physarum polycephalum. Study of the substrate specificity of the actin-fragmin kinase

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 241, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 901-908

  De Corte, Veerle ^a,c   Gettemans, Jan ^a   Waelkens, Etienne ^b   Vandekerckhove, Joël ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Lab of Physiol and Pathophysiology   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Actin; Actin fragmin kinase; In vivo Phosphorylation; Microfilaments; Physarum polycephalum

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IN VITRO STUDY; ISOTOPE LABELING; NONHUMAN; PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RABBIT; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALIA; CHONDROMYCES; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PHYSARUM; PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM;

EID: 0029959214     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.00901.x     Document Type: Article

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