Intracellular pressure is a motive force for cell motion in Amoeba proteus

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 22-29

  Yanai, M ^a   Kenyon, C M ^a   Butler, J P ^b   Macklem, P T ^a   Kelly, S M ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

amoeboid movement; pseudopod formation; servo null technique

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

AMOEBA PROTEUS; ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPODIUM;

AMOEBA PROTEUS; PSEUDOPODA;

EID: 0029609326     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0169(1996)33:1<22::AID-CM3>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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