Drosophila RhoGEF2 associates with microtubule plus ends in an EB1-dependent manner

Current Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 1827-1833

  Rogers, Stephen L ^a   Wiedemann, Ursula ^a   Häcker, Udo ^b   Turck, Chris ^a   Vale, Ronald D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; EB1 MICROTUBULE BINDING PROTEINS; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; MYOSIN II; PRIMER DNA; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; SHAR PEI PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; SHAR-PEI PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL LINE; CELL SHAPE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DROSOPHILA; EPITHELIUM; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL SHAPE; DNA PRIMERS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EPITHELIUM; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOSIN TYPE II; PLASMIDS; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 6944252346     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.09.078     Document Type: Article

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