A 48 kDa integral membrane phosphoprotein orchestrates the cytoskeletal dynamics that generate amoeboid cell motility in Ascaris sperm

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 116, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 2655-2663

  LeClaire III, Lawrence L ^a   Stewart, Murray ^b   Roberts, Thomas M ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; Major sperm protein; Nematoda; Phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ANTIBODY; CELL EXTRACT; DETERGENT; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; PROTEINASE; TYROSINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; ASCARIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; LAMELLIPODIUM; LYSIS; MALE; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; SPERM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASCARIS; CELL MOVEMENT; CYTOSKELETON; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PSEUDOPODIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; ASCARIS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0038445625     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.00469     Document Type: Article

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