Phosphorylation of the Arp2/3 complex is necessary to nucleate actin filaments

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 182, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 647-654

  Leclaire III, Lawrence L ^a   Baumgartner, Martin ^a,c   Iwasa, Janet H ^b   Mullins, R Dyche ^b   Barber, Diane L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 2; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 3; ALANINE; THREONINE; TYROSINE; WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EPITHELIUM CELL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ACTIN-RELATED PROTEIN 2-3 COMPLEX; ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HUMANS; MICROFILAMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOSPHOTYROSINE; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; PSEUDOPODIA; RATS;

EID: 50249129628     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 00219525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200802145     Document Type: Article

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