Discoidin proteins of Dictyostelium are necessary for normal cytoskeletal organization and cellular morphology during aggregation.

doi:10.1111/j.1432-0436.1992.tb00691.x

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Discoidin proteins of Dictyostelium are necessary for normal cytoskeletal organization and cellular morphology during aggregation.

Differentiation; research in biological diversity - 1 Nov 1992

Alexander S, Sydow L M, Wessels D, Soll D R

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The onset of aggregation of bacterially-grown Dictyostelium discoideum amoebae is accompanied by the accumulation of the discoidin proteins. An immunofluorescent analysis demonstrates that discoidin is distributed throughout the cytoplasm, but is excluded from vesicles and nucleoli. There is no i...

Topics

Actins
Animals
Cell Movement
Cyclic AMP
Cytoplasm
Cytoskeleton
Dictyostelium
Discoidins
Fungal Proteins
Lectins
Microtubules
Mutation
Protozoan Proteins

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