A green fluorescent protein-actin fusion protein dominantly inhibits cytokinesis, cell spreading, and locomotion in Dictyostelium

Cell Structure and Function

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 335-345

  Aizawa, Hiroyuki ^a   Sameshima, Masazumi ^a   Yahara, Ichiro ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actin; Cell movement; Cytokinesis; Dominant negative; Green fluorescent protein

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SHAPE; CELL SPREADING; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; EXPRESSION VECTOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AEQUOREA VICTORIA; DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; VICTORIA;

EID: 0030859055     PISSN: 03867196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1247/csf.22.335     Document Type: Article

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