Dynacortin, a genetic link between equatorial contractility and global shape control discovered by library complementation of a Dictyostelium discoideum cytokinesis mutant

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 823-838

  Robinson, D N ^a   Spudich, J A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell cortex; Cell protrusion; Cortexillin; Cytoskeleton; Rac small GTPase

Indexed keywords

CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; DYNACORTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL SHAPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; DNA LIBRARY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL SIZE; DICTYOSTELIUM; GENE DELETION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; KINETICS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034698682     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.150.4.823     Document Type: Article

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