The Formin Diaphanous Regulates Myoblast Fusion through Actin Polymerization and Arp2/3 Regulation

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Deng, Su ^a   Bothe, Ingo ^b   Baylies, Mary K ^a,b  

^a Weill Cornell Medical Center   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 2; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 3; F ACTIN; PROTEIN SCAR; PROTEIN WASP; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACTIN; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 2-3 COMPLEX; CARRIER PROTEIN; DIAPHANOUS PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; SCAR PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; WASP PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL FUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIA GENE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MUSCLE CELL; MYOBLAST; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSGENE; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PODOSOME; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ACTIN-RELATED PROTEIN 2-3 COMPLEX; ACTINS; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL FUSION; CELL LINE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; MALE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MYOBLASTS; PODOSOMES; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; WISKOTT-ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN;

EID: 84940768307     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005381     Document Type: Article

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