Overexpression of a novel Rho family GTPase, RacC, induces unusual actin-based structures and positively affects phagocytosis in Dictyostelium discoideum

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2891-2904

  Seastone, David J ^a   Lee, Eunkyung ^c   Bush, John ^d   Knecht, David ^c   Cardelli, James ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CYTOSKELETON; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTERNALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PINOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM;

EID: 0031686489     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.9.10.2891     Document Type: Article

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