Mutant Rac1B expression in Dictyostelium: Effects on morphology, growth, endocytosis, development, and the actin cytoskeleton

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 285-304

  Palmieri, Stephen J ^a   Nebl, Thomas ^a   Pope, Robert K ^a   Seastone, David J ^b   Lee, Eunkyung ^c   Hinchcliffe, Edward H ^a   Sluder, Greenfield ^a   Knecht, David ^c   Cardelli, James ^b   Luna, Elizabeth J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d UMMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cdc42; Cytokinesis; Pinocytosls; Rac; Rho; Small G proteins

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOSKELETON; DICTYOSTELIUM; ENDOCYTOSIS; GROWTH; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIVISION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; CHEMOTAXIS; CYTOSKELETON; DICTYOSTELIUM; ENDOCYTOSIS; HUMANS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NEUROPEPTIDES; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0033821953     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0169(200008)46:4<285::AID-CM6>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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