Molecular cloning, over-expression, developmental regulation and immunolocalization of fragminP a gelsolin-related actin-binding protein from Physarum polycephalum plasmodia

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1215-1226

  T'Jampens, Davy ^a   Meerschaert, Kris ^a   Constantin, Bruno ^a   Bailey, Juliet ^b   Cook, Lynnette J ^b   De Corte, Veerle ^a   De Mol, Hans ^a   Goethals, Mark ^a   Van Damme, José ^a   Vandekerckhove, Joël ^a   Gettemans, Jan ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actin binding protein; Expression cloning; Fragmin; Physarum polycephalum development; Polyphosphoinositide

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; DALTEPARIN;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; DEVELOPMENT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GELSOLIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

CHONDROMYCES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM;

EID: 17544394440     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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