Three actin cross-linking proteins, the 34 kDa actin-bundling protein, α-actinin and gelation factor (ABP-120), have both unique and redundant roles in the growth and development of Dictyostelium

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 112, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 2737-2751

  Rivero, Francisco ^a,c   Furukawa, Ruth ^b   Fechheimer, Marcus ^b   Noegel, Angelika A ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actin cross linking protein; Dictyostelium; Endocytosis; Gene replacement; Synthetic phenotype

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN BUNDLING PROTEIN; AGAR; ALPHA ACTININ; GELATION FACTOR; PROTEIN ABP 120; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MOTILITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; CULTURE MEDIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; PHENOTYPE; PINOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE;

ACTININ; ACTINS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL ADHESION; CHEMOTAXIS; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; CYTOSKELETON; DICTYOSTELIUM; DIURETICS, OSMOTIC; ENDOCYTOSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SORBITOL;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DICTYOSTELIUM; FUNGI;

EID: 0032820879     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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