C. elegans phagocytosis and cell-migration protein CED-5 is similar to human DOCK180

Nature

Volumn 392, Issue 6675, 1998, Pages 501-504

  Wu, Yi Chun ^a   Horvitz, H Robert ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DEATH; CELL MIGRATION; GENE MUTATION; HEAT SHOCK; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL MOVEMENT; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENES, HELMINTH; GERM CELLS; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HUMANS; INSECT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROTEINS; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0032473981     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/33163     Document Type: Article

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