Interaction with LC8 is required for Pak1 nuclear import and is indispensable for zebrafish development

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Lightcap, Christine M ^a   Kari, Gabor ^a   Arias Romero, Luis E ^b   Chernoff, Jonathan ^b   Rodeck, Ulrich ^a   Williams, John C ^a,c  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; P21 ACTIVATED KINASE 1; P21 ACTIVATED KINASE 2; DYNLL1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; P21 ACTIVATED KINASE; PAK1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PAK2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIMERIZATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR IMPORT; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; ZEBRA FISH; ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ANIMAL; CELL MOTION; CELL SURVIVAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; TUMOR CELL LINE;

DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL SURVIVAL; DIMERIZATION; DYNEIN ATPASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; P21-ACTIVATED KINASES; PROTEIN BINDING; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 67649464367     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006025     Document Type: Article

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