SCAR, a WASP-related protein, isolated as a suppressor of receptor defects in late Dictyostelium development

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 142, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1325-1335

  Bear, James E ^a,b   Rawls, John F ^a,c   Saxe III, Charles L ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin cytoskeleton; Dictyostelium; G protein coupled receptors; REMI; WASP

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; SCAR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CYTOSKELETON; DICTYOSTELIUM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL SIZE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DICTYOSTELIUM; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE TARGETING; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PROTEINS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC; WISKOTT-ALDRICH SYNDROME; WISKOTT-ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN;

EID: 0032494137     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.142.5.1325     Document Type: Article

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