Type II myosin involved in cytokinesis in the fission yeast, Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 385-396

  May, Karen M ^a   Watts, Felicity Z ^b   Jones, Nic ^c   Hyams, Jeremy S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytokinesis; Fission yeast; Myosin II; Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; MYOSIN TYPE II; MYOSIN TYPE V; MYOSINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0030813141     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0169(1997)38:4<385::AID-CM8>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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