A mutation that separates the RasG signals that regulate development and cytoskeletal function in Dictyostelium

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 247, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 356-366

  Zhang, T ^a   Rebstein, P J ^a   Khosla, M ^a   Cardelli, J ^b   Buczynski, G ^b   Bush, J ^c   Spiegelman, G B ^a   Weeks, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Arkansas   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Cell morphology; Cytokinesis; Cytoskeleton; Dictyostelium discoideum; Differentiation; Ras

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN; RAS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOSKELETON; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM;

EID: 0033558787     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/excr.1998.4368     Document Type: Article

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