Dictyostelium cell shape generation requires myosin II

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 59-67

  Shelden, Eric ^a,b   Knecht, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

cytoskeleton; dictyostelium; myosin II; side view microscopy

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN; MYOSIN; MYOSIN II; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMOEBA; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL SHAPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPODIUM;

ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; DICTYOSTELIUM; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MYOSINS;

DICTYOSTELIUM; PSEUDOPODA;

EID: 0029763254     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0169(1996)35:1<59::AID-CM5>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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