Functions of LIM proteins in cell polarity and chemotactic motility

EMBO Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 5331-5342

  Khurana, Bharat ^a   Khurana, Taruna ^a   Khaire, Nandkumar ^a   Noegel, Angelika A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actin binding protein; Cytoskeleton; Mutants; Pseudopod formation

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LIM PROTEIN; LIMC PROTEIN; LIMD PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL MOTILITY; CELL POLARITY; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICTYOSTELIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOTIC STRESS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PSEUDOPODIUM; RIGIDITY;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; CHEMOTAXIS; CYTOSKELETON; DICTYOSTELIUM; ENDOCYTOSIS; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DICTYOSTELIUM; EUKARYOTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0037107445     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdf550     Document Type: Article

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