Wsp1 is downstream of Cin1 and regulates vesicle transport and actin cytoskeleton as an effector of Cdc42 and Rac1 in Cryptococcus neoformans

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 471-481

  Shen, Gui ^a,d   Zhou, Erxun ^a,e   Andrew Alspaugh, J ^b   Wanga, Ping ^a,c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^e SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; PROTEIN CDC42; RAC1 PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENDOCYTOSIS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; CDC42 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ENDOCYTOSIS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RAC1 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; VACUOLES;

FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; FUNGI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84859119646     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00011-12     Document Type: Article

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