Regulation of Actin Dynamics by WASP Family Proteins

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 309-313

  Miki, Hiroaki ^a   Takenawa, Tadaomi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actin cytoskeleton; Arp2 3 complex; Rho family; WASP; WAVE Scar

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CELL PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; NEURAL WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN; PROTEIN CDC42; RAC PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHO KINASE; SCAR 1 PROTEIN; SCAR 2 PROTEIN; SCAR 3 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL MOTILITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CYTOSKELETON; FILOPODIUM; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEINS; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; WISKOTT-ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN; WISKOTT-ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN FAMILY;

EID: 0142026447     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvg146     Document Type: Short Survey

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