Migration and bidirectional phototaxis in Dictyostelium discoideum slugs lacking the actin cross-linking 120 kDa gelation factor

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 3213-3220

  Wallraff, Eva ^a   Wallraff, Hans G ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b Univ Zurich Max Planck Inst F V   (Germany)

Author keywords

actinin; ABP 120; Actin cross linker; Bidirectional orientation; Cytoskeleton; Dictyostelium discoideum; Lens effect; Phototaxis; Pseudoplasmodium; Severin; Slime mould; Slug

Indexed keywords

ABPC PROTEIN, DICTYOSTELIUM; ACTIN; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; CROSS LINKING REAGENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL MOTION; CHEMOTAXIS; CYTOLOGY; DICTYOSTELIUM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL MOVEMENT; CHEMOTAXIS; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DICTYOSTELIUM; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; GASTROPODA;

EID: 0031436407     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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