Dissection of functional domains by expression of point-mutated profilins in Dictyostelium mutants

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 92-103

  Lee, Soo Sim ^a   Karakesisoglou, Iakowos ^a,d   Noegel, Angelika A ^b   Rieger, Daniela ^a   Schleicher, Michael ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c Institut für Zellbiologie   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dictyostelium discoideum; Functional domains; Profilin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; F ACTIN; G ACTIN; PHOSPHOLIPID; PROFILIN; PROLINE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; DICTYOSTELIUM; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM;

EID: 0034049497     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/S0171-9335(04)70011-4     Document Type: Article

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