The Dictyostelium LIM domain-containing protein LIM2 is essential for proper chemotaxis and morphogenesis

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1275-1291

  Chien, Sharon ^a   Chung, Chang Y ^a   Sukumaran, Sujatha ^b   Osborne, Nicholas ^a   Lee, Susan ^a   Ellsworth, Charlene ^a   McNally, James G ^b,c   Firtel, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; F ACTIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL MOTION; CHEMOTAXIS; DICTYOSTELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NULL CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

DICTYOSTELIUM; EUKARYOTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034040583     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.11.4.1275     Document Type: Article

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