WASP and SCAR/WAVE proteins: The drivers of actin assembly

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 122, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 2575-2578

  Pollitt, Alice Y ^a   Insall, Robert H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b BEATSON INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 2; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 2-3 COMPLEX; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 3; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; NEURAL WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 4,5 BISPHOSPHATE; PROTEIN CDC42; PROTEIN SCAR; PROTEIN WAVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CYTOSKELETON; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSPORT VESICLE;

ACTINS; HUMANS; WISKOTT-ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN; WISKOTT-ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN FAMILY;

EID: 69549114949     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.023879     Document Type: Article

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