Mutational analyses of Dictyostelium IQGAP-related protein GAPA: Possible interaction with small GTPases in cytokinesis

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1912-1916

  Sakurai, Masao ^a   Adachi, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Sutoh, Kazuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytokinesis; Dictyostelium; GAPA; IQGAP; Rho family small GTPases

Indexed keywords

DICTYOSTELIUM; MAMMALIA;

FUNGAL DNA; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; DICTYOSTELIUM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; DICTYOSTELIUM; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, FUNGAL; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS;

EID: 0035432677     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.65.1912     Document Type: Article

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