The interaction between N-WASP and the Arp2/3 complex links Cdc42-dependent signals to actin assembly

Cell

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 221-231

  Rohatgi, Rajat ^a   Ma, Le ^a   Miki, Hiroaki ^b   Lopez, Marco ^a   Kirchhausen, Tomas ^a   Takenawa, Tadaomi ^b   Kirschner, Marc W ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RHO FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MOTION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CYTOSKELETON; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033574722     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80732-1     Document Type: Article

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