SCAR knockouts in Dictyostelium: WASP assumes SCAR's position and upstream regulators in pseudopods

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 198, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 501-508

  Veltman, Douwe M ^a   King, Jason S ^a   Machesky, Laura M ^a   Insall, Robert H ^a  

^a BEATSON INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN SCAR; RAC PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ARTICLE; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; KNOCKOUT GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PSEUDOPODIUM; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ACTINS; CELL MOVEMENT; CHEMOTAXIS; COATED PITS, CELL-MEMBRANE; DICTYOSTELIUM; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; PSEUDOPODIA; WISKOTT-ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN;

DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; PSEUDOPODA;

EID: 84866400870     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 15408140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201205058     Document Type: Article

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