Transmembrane myosin chitin synthase involved in mollusc shell formation produced in Dictyostelium is active

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 415, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 586-590

  Schönitzer, Veronika ^a,b,d   Eichner, Norbert ^b   Clausen Schaumann, Hauke ^c,d   Weiss, Ingrid M ^a,b  

^a INM LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NEW MATERIALS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c MUNICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomineralization; Chitin; Dictyostelium; Glycosyltransferase; Transmembrane myosin ATPase

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; CHITIN SYNTHASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MYOSIN;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMINERALIZATION; CELL CULTURE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CHITIN; CHITIN SYNTHASE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DICTYOSTELIUM; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GASTROPODA; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MYOSINS; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

ATRINA RIGIDA; BIVALVIA; DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 84855887808     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.10.109     Document Type: Article

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