Ena/VASP regulates mDia2-initiated filopodial length, dynamics, and function

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 25, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 2604-2619

  Barzik, Melanie ^a,c   McClain, Leslie M ^a   Gupton, Stephanie L ^b   Gertler, Frank B ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN; MDIA2 PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASODILATOR STIMULATED PHOSPHOPROTEIN; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; DIA2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; ENAH PROTEIN, MOUSE; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; VASODILATOR-STIMULATED PHOSPHOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SIZE; CELL SPREADING; CELL STRUCTURE; FIBROBLAST; FILOPODIA; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOPODIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; MICE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PSEUDOPODIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84907222941     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: 19394586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E14-02-0712     Document Type: Article

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