Septins may form a ubiquitous family of cytoskeletal filaments

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 134, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1345-1348

  Cooper, John A ^a,c   Kiehart, Daniel P ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Box 8228 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZETHONIUM CHLORIDE;

ACTIN FILAMENT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOSKELETON; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MYOFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SHORT SURVEY; TONOFILAMENT;

EID: 0029797473     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.134.6.1345     Document Type: Short Survey

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