Localization of Dictyostelium myoB and myoD to filopodia and cell-cell contact sites using isoform-specific antibodies

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 371-379

  Morita, Yasuhiro S ^a,c   Jung, Goeh ^b   Hammer III, John A ^b   Fukui, Yoshio ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell cell contact; Dictyostelium; Filopodium; Myosin I; Radio imaging

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; HYBRID PROTEIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CONTACT; CELL MATURATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOPLASM; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCODINA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

DICTYOSTELIUM; SARCODINA;

EID: 0029857607     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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