Transport of myosin II to the equatorial region without its own motor activity in mitotic Dictyostelium cells

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2089-2099

  Yumura, Shigehiko ^a   Uyeda, Taro Q P ^b  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATL INST FOR ADV INTERDISC RES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MYOSIN;

ARTICLE; CYTOKINESIS; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MITOSIS; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SARCODINA;

EID: 0030868951     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.8.10.2089     Document Type: Article

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