RacF1, and novel member of the Rho protein family in Dictyostelium discoideum, associates transiently with cell contact areas, macropinosomes, and phagosomes

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1205-1219

  Rivero, Francisco ^a,b   Albrecht, Richard ^b   Dislich, Heidrun ^a   Bracco, Enrico ^b,c   Graciotti, Laura ^b   Bozzaro, Salvatore ^c   Noegel, Angelika A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c SAN LUIGI GONZAGA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; RHO FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL CONTACT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DEVELOPMENT; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; DNA SEQUENCE; EXOCYTOSIS; GENE STRUCTURE; LASER MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHAGOSOME; PINOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM;

EID: 0032933132     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.10.4.1205     Document Type: Article

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