The Arp2/3 activators WAVE and WASP have distinct genetic interactions with Rac GTPases in Caenorhabditis elegans axon guidance

Genetics

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1957-1971

  Shakir, M Afaq ^a,c   Jiang, Ke ^a,d   Struckhoff, Eric C ^a   Demarco, Rafael S ^a   Patel, Falshruti B ^b   Soto, Martha C ^b   Lundquist, Erik A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 2; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 2-3 COMPLEX; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 3; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; PROTEIN ABLIM; PROTEIN CED 10; PROTEIN GEX 2; PROTEIN GEX 3; PROTEIN KETTE; PROTEIN MIG 2; PROTEIN SRA 1; PROTEIN UNC 115; PROTEIN UNC 34; PROTEIN WAVE; PROTEIN WSP 1; PROTEIN WVE 1; RAC PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN; ARP2 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; ARP3 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; CED 10 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; CED-10 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; ENABLED PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; GEX 2 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; GEX 3 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; GEX-2 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; GEX-3 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; MIG 2 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; MIG-2 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; NERVE PROTEIN; UNC 115 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; UNC-115 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; WASP PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; WAVE PROTEIN, C ELEGANS;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILOPODIUM; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; LAMELLIPODIUM; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; ANIMAL; CELL MOTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ACTIN-RELATED PROTEIN 2; ACTIN-RELATED PROTEIN 2-3 COMPLEX; ACTIN-RELATED PROTEIN 3; ANIMALS; AXONS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL MOVEMENT; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 55749097433     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.108.088963     Document Type: Article

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