Role of Dictyostelium racE in cytokinesis: Mutational analysis and localization studies by use of green fluorescent protein

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 935-944

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

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOKINESIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SARCODINA;

DICTYOSTELIUM; SARCODINA;

EID: 0030950580     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.8.5.935     Document Type: Article

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