Costars, a Dictyosteliumprotein similar to the C-terminal domain of STARS, regulates the actin cytoskeleton and motility

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 123, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 3745-3755

  Pang, Te Ling ^a   Chen, Fung Chi ^a   Weng, Yi Lan ^a   Liao, Hsien Ching ^a   Yi, Yung Hsiang ^a   Ho, Chia Lin ^a   Lin, Chi Hung ^a   Chen, Mei Yu ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cell migration; Chemotaxis; Cytoskeleton; Pseudopod; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

CHEMOATTRACTANT; CYCLIC AMP; F ACTIN; PROTEIN COSTARS; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RHO FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ABRA PROTEIN, HUMAN; ACTIN; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CHEMOTAXIS; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; FLUORESCENCE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; PSEUDOPODIUM; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL MOTION; CYTOSKELETON; DICTYOSTELIUM; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COSA; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; MAMMALIA; PSEUDOPODA;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL MOVEMENT; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CYTOSKELETON; DICTYOSTELIUM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 78149291801     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.064709     Document Type: Article

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