Spatial distribution of fluorescently labeled actin in living Dictyostelium amoebae

Cell Structure and Function

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 189-197

  Yumura, Shigehiko ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actin; Cell division; Cell motility; Cytoskeleton; Dictyostelium; Electroporation

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; PHALLOIDIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; AMOEBA; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOPLASM; ELECTROPORATION; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPODIUM; SARCODINA;

BOVINAE; DICTYOSTELIUM; PSEUDOPODA; SARCODINA;

EID: 0029824521     PISSN: 03867196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1247/csf.21.189     Document Type: Article

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