The '8-kD' cytoplasmic dynein light chain is required for nuclear migration and for dynein heavy chain localization in Aspergillus nidulans

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1239-1247

  Beckwith, Susan M ^a,b   Roghi, Christian H ^a,c   Liu, Bo ^a,d   Morris, N Ronald ^a,e  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b USUHS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Department of Pharmacology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Cytoplasmic dynein; Light chain; Migration; Nucleus

Indexed keywords

CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL MIGRATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DNA SEQUENCE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPOROGENESIS; SUCROSE GRADIENT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CELL NUCLEUS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOPLASM; DYNEIN ATPASE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TEMPERATURE;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI;

EID: 0032583170     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.143.5.1239     Document Type: Article

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