A novel ras-interacting protein required for chemotaxis and cyclic adenosine monophosphate signal relay in Dictyostelium

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2829-2845

  Lee, Susan ^a   Parent, Carole A ^b   Insall, Robert ^c   Firtel, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOATTRACTANT; CYCLIC AMP; RAS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL MOTION; CELL POLARITY; CHEMOTAXIS; DICTYOSTELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NULL CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RECEPTOR BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

DICTYOSTELIUM; FUNGI;

EID: 0032849043     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.10.9.2829     Document Type: Article

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