Cortical actin movements during the first cell cycle of the Caenorhabditis elegans embryo

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 525-533

  Hird, Steven ^a,b  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Cytokinesis; Cytoplasmic localisation; Microfilament

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL CYCLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MICROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CYTOSKELETON; FLUORESCENT DYES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OOCYTES; PHALLOIDINE; RABBITS; RHODAMINES;

EID: 0030022235     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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