Trix, a novel Rac guanine-nucleotide exchange factor from Dictyostelium discoideum is an actin-binding protein and accumulates at endosomes

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 85, Issue 9-10, 2006, Pages 1035-1045

  Strehle, Axel ^a   Schleicher, Michael ^a   Faix, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actin; Calponin homology domain; Dictyostelium; Endocytosis; Guanine nucleotide exchange factor; Rac

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; CALPONIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; F ACTIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; MUTANT PROTEIN; PLECKSTRIN; PROTEIN TRIX; RAC PROTEIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN FILAMENT; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; ENDOSOME; EXOCYTOSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM;

EID: 33748429915     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcb.2006.05.005     Document Type: Article

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