Phototactic migration of Dictyostelium cells is linked to a new type of gelsolin-related protein

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 161-178

  Stocker, Susanne ^a   Hiery, Mary ^a   Marriott, Gerard ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; GELSOLIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; TRITON X 100;

ACTIN FILAMENT; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MUTANT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DICTYOSTELIUM; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTAXIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; DICTYOSTELIUM; EUKARYOTA; GASTROPODA;

EID: 0032951301     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.10.1.161     Document Type: Article

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