Twinfilin is required for actin-dependent developmental processes in Drosophila

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 155, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 787-795

  Wahlström, Gudrun ^a   Vartiainen, Maria ^a   Yamamoto, Lumi ^a   Mattila, Pieta K ^a   Lappalainen, Pekka ^a   Heino, Tapio I ^a  

^a Viikki Biocenter   (Finland)

Author keywords

Actin; ADF cofilin; Bristle; Drosophila; Twinfilin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; BINDING PROTEIN; COFILIN; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN TWF; TWINFILIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA; EUKARYOTE; GENE MUTATION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENES, INSECT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROFILAMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORPHOGENESIS; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0035956417     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200108022     Document Type: Article

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