Cell-cell adhesion prevents mutant cells lacking myosin II from penetrating aggregation streams of Dictyostelium

Developmental Biology

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 218-226

  Xu, Xiaoxin Susan ^a   Kuspa, Adam ^b   Fuller, Danny ^b   Loomis, William F ^b   Knecht, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MUTANT; CELL SELECTION; CELL SHAPE; CHIMERA; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCE; NONHUMAN; NULL CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCODINA;

EID: 0029943479     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.0109     Document Type: Article

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