WASP and SCAR have distinct roles in activating the Arp2/3 complex during myoblast fusion

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 121, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1303-1313

  Berger, Susanne ^a   Schäfer, Gritt ^a   Kesper, Dörthe A ^a,e   Holz, Anne ^b   Eriksson, Therese ^c   Palmer, Ruth H ^c   Beck, Lothar ^a   Klämbt, Christian ^d   Renkawitz Pohl, Renate ^a   Önel, Susanne Filiz ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actin cytoskeleton; Arp3; Drosophila; F actin; FuRMAS; Kette; Myogenesis

Indexed keywords

ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 2-3 COMPLEX; BINDING PROTEIN; F ACTIN; PROTEIN SCAR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; VERPROLIN 1; WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; GENE ACTIVATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUTANT; MYOBLAST; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACTIN-RELATED PROTEIN 2-3 COMPLEX; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WISKOTT-ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 44449098131     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.022269     Document Type: Article

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