Molecular analysis of racE function in Dictyostelium

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 145-151

  Larochelle, Denis A ^a   Gerald, Noel ^b   De Lozanne, Arturo ^c  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortical tension green fluorescent protein; Cytokinesis

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; PROTEINS;

CELL MOTILITY; CORTICAL TENSION GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOSKELETONS; DICTYOSTELIUM; FUSION PROTEINS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LEARN+; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NOVEL GENES;

GENES;

ACTIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN RACE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MOTILITY; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOSKELETON; DICTYOSTELIUM; GENE; MICROSCOPY; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

DICTYOSTELIUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034656255     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(20000415)49:2<145::AID-JEMT6>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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