DdLIM is a cytoskeleton-associated protein involved in the protrusion of lamellipodia in Dictyostelium

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 545-559

  Prassler, Josef ^a   Murr, Alexander ^a   Stocker, Susanne ^a   Faix, Jan ^a   Murphy, John ^a   Marriott, Gerard ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; AMINO ACID; CYSTEINE; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HYBRID PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTOR;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; CYTOSKELETON; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LAMELLIPODIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031917737     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.9.3.545     Document Type: Article

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