Identification of Functionally Important Residues of Arp2/3 Complex by Analysis of Homology Models from Diverse Species

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 336, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 551-565

  Beltzner, Christopher C ^a   Pollard, Thomas D ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Cellular motility; Dendritic nucleation; Evolution; Protein interactions

Indexed keywords

ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 2; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 3; FUNGAL PROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BOVINAE; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0742289599     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2003.12.017     Document Type: Article

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