Dictyostelium RasG is required for normal motility and cytokinesis, but not growth

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 605-614

  Tuxworth, Richard I ^a   Cheetham, Janet L ^a   Machesky, Laura M ^a   Spiegelmann, George B ^b   Weeks, Gerald ^b   Insall, Robert H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; RAS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; CELL MOTION; CELL POLARITY; CHEMOTAXIS; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOSKELETON; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LAMELLIPODIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SARCODINA;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; CHEMOTAXIS; CYTOSKELETON; DICTYOSTELIUM; MOVEMENT; MUTATION; MYOSINS; PSEUDOPODIA; RAS PROTEINS; TRANSFECTION;

DICTYOSTELIUM; MAMMALIA; SARCODINA;

EID: 0030838576     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.138.3.605     Document Type: Article

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