Evolutionarily conserved coupling of adaptive and excitable networks mediates eukaryotic chemotaxis

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Tang, Ming ^a   Wang, Mingjie ^a,b   Shi, Changji ^c   Iglesias, Pablo A ^a,c   Devreotes, Peter N ^a   Huang, Chuan Hsiang ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 MORPHOLINO 8 PHENYLCHROMONE; CHEMOATTRACTANT; F ACTIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; LATRUNCULIN A; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; RAS PROTEIN; CHEMOTACTIC FACTOR;

CHEMOTAXIS; EUKARYOTE; MOTILITY; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN; SIGNALING; SIMULATION;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL STIMULATION; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICTYOSTELIUM; EXCITABLE MEMBRANE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMOBILIZED CELL; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RAS BINDING DOMAIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION EXCITABLE NETWORK; ADAPTATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; EUKARYOTIC CELL; EVOLUTION; KINETICS; METABOLISM;

DICTYOSTELIUM; EUKARYOTA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CELLS, IMMOBILIZED; CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS; CHEMOTAXIS; DICTYOSTELIUM; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUTROPHILS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84923325504     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6175     Document Type: Article

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