Cell motility and chemotaxis in Dictyostelium amebae lacking myosin heavy chain

Developmental Biology

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 164-177

  Wessels, Deborah ^a   Soll, David R ^a   Knecht, David ^b   Loomis, William F ^b   De Lozanne, Arturo ^c   Spudich, James ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEROMYOSIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

CELL MOTILITY; CHEMOTAXIS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; HEREDITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOON;

ACTINS; CELL MOVEMENT; CHEMOTAXIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYCLIC AMP; CYTOPLASM; DICTYOSTELIUM; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; IMMUNOASSAY; MYOSINS; PSEUDOPODIA; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0023924075     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-1606(88)90279-5     Document Type: Article

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