F-actin bundles in Drosophila bristles are assembled from modules composed of short filaments

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1291-1308

  Tilney, Lewis G ^a   Connelly, Patricia ^a   Smith, Stacey ^a   Guild, Gregory M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN; MYOSIN; PHALLOIDIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN MYOSIN INTERACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL POLARITY; DROSOPHILA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; RNA TRANSLATION;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL POLARITY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; INSECT HORMONES; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROFILAMENTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROTUBULES; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION; PUPA; RECEPTORS, SENSORY;

EID: 0030471362     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.135.5.1291     Document Type: Article

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