Rapid redistribution of myosin II in living Dictyostelium amoebae, as revealed by fluorescent probes introduced by electroporation

Protoplasma

Volumn 192, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 217-227

  Yumura, Shigehiko ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caged cyclic AMP; Chemotaxis; Cytokinesis; Dictyostelium; Electroporation; Myosin II

Indexed keywords

DICTYOSTELIUM; PSEUDOPODA;

EID: 0029759738     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01273893     Document Type: Article

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