Relative changes in F-actin during the first cell cycle: Evidence for two distinct pools of F-actin in the sea urchin egg

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 26-35

  Heil Chapdelaine, Richard A ^a   Otto, Joann J ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cytokinesis; egg cortex; fertilization; microvilli

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CELL DIVISION; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOSKELETON; EGG; FERTILIZATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; MICROVILLUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SEA URCHIN;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; FERTILIZATION; FLUORESCENT DYES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEUTROPHIL ACTIVATION; OVUM; PHALLOIDINE; RHODAMINES; SEA URCHINS;

EID: 0029912559     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0169(1996)34:1<26::AID-CM3>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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