Cytoskeletal protein mutations and cell motility in Dictyostelium.

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Dictyostelium is a suitable experimental system in which to study the effects of mutations in actin-binding proteins on cell motility. Three cytoskeletal mutants that show distinct alterations in cell shape, chemotactic movement and cytokinesis serve to illustrate the diversity of phenotypes. Cells lacking talin, a protein which in many mammalian cell types is a constituent of focal complexes that link the actin...

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