In birds, profilin-2a is ubiquitously expressed and contributes to actin-based motility

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 122, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 957-964

  Murk, Kai ^a   Buchmeier, Sabine ^a   Jockusch, Brigitte M ^a   Rothkegel, Martin ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actin based motility; Chicken fibroblasts; Evolution; Profilin isoforms

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; PROFILIN; PROFILIN 2A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; EPITOPE; ISOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL SPREADING; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CELL MOTION; CHEMISTRY; CHICK EMBRYO; CYTOLOGY; GENE SILENCING; IMMUNOLOGY; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

AVES; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOVEMENT; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EPITOPES; FIBROBLASTS; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROFILINS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 66849143608     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.041715     Document Type: Article

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