Mutants in the Dictyostelium Arp2/3 complex and chemoattractant-induced actin polymerization

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 313, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2563-2574

  Langridge, Paul D ^a   Kay, Robert R ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actin polymerization; Adhesion; Arp2 3 complex; Cell motility; Chemoattractant; Chemotaxis; Dictyostelium

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 2; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 3; CYCLIC AMP; LATRUNCULIN A;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOTILITY; CHEMOTAXIS; DICTYOSTELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PSEUDOPODIUM;

DICTYOSTELIUM; PSEUDOPODA;

EID: 34250832113     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2007.04.029     Document Type: Article

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