Involvement of the cytoskeleton in controlling leading-edge function during chemotaxis

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1810-1824

  Lee, Susan ^a   Shen, Zhouxin ^a   Robinson, Douglas N ^b   Briggs, Steven ^a   Firtel, Richard A ^a  

^a SECTION OF CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOATTRACTANT; CYCLIC AMP; F ACTIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; IQ MOTIF CONTAINING GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN 1; MYOSIN II; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN CDC42; PROTEIN KINASE B; RAC1 PROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN; TOR COMPLEX 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; CTXA PROTEIN, DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; CTXB PROTEIN, DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MOTILITY; CELL POLARITY; CELL STIMULATION; CHEMOTAXIS; CYTOSKELETON; DICTYOSTELIUM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IN VIVO STUDY; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; NULL CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOPODIUM;

DICTYOSTELIUM; PSEUDOPODA;

ANIMALS; CHEMOTAXIS; CYCLIC AMP; CYTOSKELETON; DICTYOSTELIUM; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MYOSIN TYPE II; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; PSEUDOPODIA; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RAS GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEINS; RAS PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77952925797     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E10-01-0009     Document Type: Article

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