Centrin is synthesized and assembled into basal bodies during Naegleria differentiation

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 249-260

  Levy, Yaron Y ^a,b   Lai, Elaine Y ^a   Remillard, Stephen P ^a   Fulton, Chandler ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amoeba to flagellate differentiation; Centrin gene expression; Centriole; Oryzalin

Indexed keywords

CENTRIN; TUBULIN;

AMOEBA; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CENTRIOLE; CYTOSKELETON; FLAGELLATE; FLAGELLUM; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROTUBULE; NAEGLERIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; BIOPOLYMERS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CONTRACTILE PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; NAEGLERIA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; TUBULIN;

EID: 0031801932     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0169(1998)40:3<249::AID-CM4>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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