Dynamics of the Dictyostelium Arp2/3 complex in endocytosis, cytokinesis, and chemotaxis

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 115-128

  Insall, Robert ^a   Müller Taubenberger, Annette ^b   Machesky, Laura ^a   Köhler, Jana ^b   Simmeth, Evelyn ^b   Atkinson, Simon J ^c   Weber, Igor ^b   Gerisch, Günther ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin cytoskeleton; Cell motility; Mitosis; Phagocytosis; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 2; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 3; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; ENDOCYTOSIS; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PINOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACTIN-RELATED PROTEIN 2; ACTIN-RELATED PROTEIN 3; ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CHEMOTAXIS; CYCLIC AMP; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DICTYOSTELIUM; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENDOSOMES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PINOCYTOSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

DICTYOSTELIUM; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0035204508     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cm.10005     Document Type: Article

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