Cloning and sequencing of the gene for a Tetrahymena fimbrin-like protein

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 85-94

  Watanabe, Atsushi ^a   Yonemura, Izuru ^a   Gonda, Kohsuke ^a   Numata, Osamu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytokinesis; F actin bundling; Fimbrin plastin family; RACE; Tetrahymena

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CYTOKINESIS; GENE SEQUENCE; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TETRAHYMENA;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; PROTOZOA; TETRAHYMENA;

EID: 0033962394     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a022587     Document Type: Article

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