Filamin repeat segments required for photosensory signalling in Dictyostelium discoideum

BMC Cell Biology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Annesley, Sarah J ^a   Bandala Sanchez, Esther ^a   Ahmed, Afsar U ^a   Fisher, Paul R ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; FILAMIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN; ACTIN; CONTRACTILE PROTEIN; FILAMINS; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RAC PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE DELETION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PHOTOTAXIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WILD TYPE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BINDING SITE; CELL MOTION; CHEMISTRY; DICTYOSTELIUM; GENETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; EUKARYOTA;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CELL MOVEMENT; CONTRACTILE PROTEINS; DICTYOSTELIUM; GENE DELETION; LIGHT; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; MUTANT PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 38349137969     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2121-8-48     Document Type: Article

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