The Diaphanous-related formin dDia2 is required for the formation and maintenance of filopodia

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 619-625

  Schirenbeck, Antje ^a   Bretschneider, Till ^b   Arasada, Rajesh ^a   Schleicher, Michael ^a   Faix, Jan ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CELL PROTEIN; PROFILIN; RAC PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; FILOPODIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL MOVEMENT; DICTYOSTELIUM; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FETAL PROTEINS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROFILAMENTS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; PSEUDOPODIA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 20444426470     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb1266     Document Type: Article

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