Actin filament cables in Drosophila nurse cells are composed of modules that slide passively past one another during dumping

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 783-797

  Guild, Gregory M ^a   Connelly, Patricia S ^a   Shaw, Michael K ^a   Tilney, Lewis G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DROSOPHILA; DUMPING; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL POLARITY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MICROFILAMENTS; NUCLEAR ENVELOPE; OOCYTES;

ANIMALIA; LISTERIA;

EID: 0030814006     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.138.4.783     Document Type: Review

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