Navigating the cell: UNC-53 and the navigators, a family of cytoskeletal regulators with multiple roles in cell migration, outgrowth and trafficking

Cell Adhesion and Migration

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Stringham, Eve G ^a,b   Schmidt, Kristopher L ^a,b  

^a TRINITY WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Actin filaments; Cytoskeleton; Endocytosis; Growth cone; Microtubules

Indexed keywords

CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; PROTEIN UNCOORDINATED 53; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; UNC 53 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; UNC-53 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ADULT; CELL GROWTH; CELL MIGRATION; CYTOSKELETON; ENDOCYTOSIS; HUMAN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; CELL ENLARGEMENT; CELL MOTION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL ENLARGEMENT; CELL MOVEMENT; CYTOSKELETON; HUMANS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS;

EID: 85011940679     PISSN: 19336918     EISSN: 19336926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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