Identification of a second myosin-II in Schizosaccharomyces pombe: Myp2p is conditionally required for cytokinesis

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2693-2705

  Bezanilla, Magdalena ^a   Forsburg, Susan L ^a   Pollard, Thomas D ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN MYOSIN INTERACTION; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE M PHASE; CYTOKINESIS; GENE DISRUPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT;

EUKARYOTA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0030693969     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.8.12.2693     Document Type: Article

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