Dictyostelium discoideum myoJ: A member of a broadly defined myosin V class or a class XI unconventional myosin?

Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 411-424

  Peterson, Michelle D ^a   Urioste, Alexander S ^a   Titus, Margaret A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029803275     PISSN: 01424319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00123358     Document Type: Article

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