Overexpression of cofilin stimulates bundling of actin filaments, membrane ruffling, and cell movement in Dictyostelium

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 335-344

  Aizawa, Hiroyuki ^a   Sutoh, Kazuo ^b   Yahara, Ichiro ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; COFILIN; NEOMYCIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL MOTILITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTIN DEPOLYMERIZING FACTORS; ACTINS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MOVEMENT; DICTYOSTELIUM; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0030033237     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.132.3.335     Document Type: Article

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