N-WASP, WAVE and Mena play different roles in the organization of actin cytoskeleton in lamellipodia

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1555-1565

  Nakagawa, Hiroyuki ^a   Miki, Hiroaki ^b   Ito, Masayo ^c   Ohashi, Kazuyo ^c   Takenawa, Tadaomi ^b   Miyamoto, Shigeaki ^a  

^a KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actin cytoskeleton; Ena VASP family; Lamellipodia; WASP family

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ANTIBODY; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PHALLOIDIN; POLYLYSINE; PROTEIN CDC42; RAC PROTEIN; RHO FACTOR; RHODAMINE; VASODILATOR STIMULATED PHOSPHOPROTEIN; WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CYTOSKELETON; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LAMELLIPODIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CDC42 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL LINE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON; FIBROBLASTS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PSEUDOPODIA; RATS; WISKOTT-ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN FAMILY; WISKOTT-ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN, NEURONAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; ENA; MENA;

EID: 0035002333     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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