RasGEF-containing proteins GbpC and GbpD have differential effects on cell polarity and chemotaxis in Dictyostelium

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 118, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1899-1910

  Bosgraaf, Leonard ^a   Waijer, Arjen ^a   Engel, Ruchira ^b   Visser, Antonie J W G ^b   Wessels, Deborah ^c   Soll, David ^c   van Haastert, Peter J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

cGMP; Chemotaxis; PDZ GEF; Polarity

Indexed keywords

CHEMOATTRACTANT; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC GMP; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; MYOSIN II; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PDZ PROTEIN; PROTEIN GBPC; PROTEIN GBPD; RAS PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL MUTANT; CELL POLARITY; CELL SHAPE; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICTYOSTELIUM; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NULL CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PSEUDOPODIUM;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMOTAXIS; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC GMP; DICTYOSTELIUM; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MUTATION; MYOSIN TYPE II; MYOSINS; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RAS GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS;

DICTYOSTELIUM; MAMMALIA;

EID: 19444363399     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.02317     Document Type: Article

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