Morphological and functional analysis of Rac1B in Dictyostelium discoideum

Journal of Electron Microscopy

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 519-528

  Duleh, Steve N ^a   Collins, Jeannie T B ^b   Pope, Robert K ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTH BEND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Cytoskeleton; Dictyostelium; Rac; Rac1B; Rho

Indexed keywords

RAC1 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CYTOKINESIS; DICTYOSTELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CYTOKINESIS; DICTYOSTELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN;

DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM;

CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PROTEINS; PROTOZOA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ACTIN; CONSTITUTIVELY ACTIVES; CYTOSKELETONS; DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RAC; RAC1B; RHO; WILD TYPES;

CELLS;

EID: 33646015078     PISSN: 00220744     EISSN: 14779986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmicro/dfi070     Document Type: Article

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