Articulins and epiplasmins: Two distinct classes of cytoskeletal proteins of the membrane skeleton in protists

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 111, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 3367-3378

  Huttenlauch, Irm ^a   Peck, Robert K ^b   Stick, Reimer ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Articulin; Cytoskeleton; Epiplasm; Epiplasmin; Membrane skeleton

Indexed keywords

ARTICULIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; EPIPLASMIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL SHAPE; CILIATE; CYTOSKELETON; DINOFLAGELLATE; EUGLENA; NONHUMAN; PARAMECIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CILIOPHORA; CROSS REACTIONS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DINOFLAGELLIDA; EPITOPE MAPPING; EPITOPES; EUGLENA GRACILIS; GENE EXPRESSION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARAMECIUM TETRAURELIA; PLASMIDS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

CILIOPHORA; DINOPHYCEAE; EUGLENA; EUGLENIDA; PARAMECIUM; PROTISTA; PSEUDOMICROTHORAX;

EID: 0031774693     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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