Regulation of levels of actin threonine phosphorylation during life cycle of Physarum polycephalum

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 77-87

  Shirai, Yuki ^a   Sasaki, Narie ^a   Kishi, Yoshiro ^b   Izumi, Akiko ^a   Itoh, Kie ^a   Sameshima, Masazumi ^c   Kobayashi, Tetsuyuki ^a   Murakami Murofushi, Kimiko ^a  

^a OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Medical & Biological Laboratories Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actin phosphorylation and dephosphorylation; Actin fragmin kinase (AFK); Dormant cells; Dot or rod like actin filament structures; Drought stress

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN FRAGMIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; DROUGHT STRESS; FUNGUS SPORE; LIFE CYCLE; MICROCYSTIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SCLEROTIUM (ASCOMYCOTA);

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DEHYDRATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; NATURAL DISASTERS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; THREONINE;

ASCOMYCOTA; FUNGI; MICROCYSTIS; MYXOGASTRIA; PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM; SCLEROTIUM (ASCOMYCOTA);

EID: 32544450166     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cm.20110     Document Type: Article

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