Dictyostelium as model system for studies of the actin cytoskeleton by molecular genetics

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 124-134

  Eichinger, Ludwig ^a   Lee, Soo Sim ^a   Schleicher, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actin binding proteins; Cell motility; Cytoskeleton; Dictyostelium; Genome project; Green fluorescent protein

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; GENES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PROTEINS;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ACTIN-BINDING PROTEINS; CELL MOTILITY; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETONS; DICTYOSTELIUM; GENOME PROJECTS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MODELLING SYSTEMS; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

TISSUE;

ACTIN; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; ALPHA TUBULIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; F ACTIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; KHELLIN; MYOSIN; PROFILIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; CYTOSKELETON; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; MODEL; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0344069462     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19991015)47:2<124::AID-JEMT5>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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