Phosphoinositides and Rho proteins spatially regulate actin polymerization to initiate and maintain directed movement in a one-dimensional model of a motile cell

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 744-768

  Dawes, Adriana T ^a,b   Edelstein Keshet, Leah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 2-3 COMPLEX; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITIDE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN CDC42; RAC PROTEIN; RHO FACTOR;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; MEMBRANE FILTER; PHENOTYPE; POLARIZATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

EID: 33846781374     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.090514     Document Type: Article

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