Self-centring activity of cytoplasm

Nature

Volumn 386, Issue 6621, 1997, Pages 170-173

  Rodlonov, Vladimir I ^a   Borisy, Gary G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

9 (2 HYDROXY 3 NONYL)ADENINE; CELL PROTEIN; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; KINESIN; TUBULIN; VANADATE SODIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MOTION; CHROMAFFIN GRANULE; CYTOPLASM; FISH; MELANOPHORE; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; CELL POLARITY; CELLS, CULTURED; CENTROSOME; CYTOPLASM; FISHES; MELANOPHORES; MICROTUBULES; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL;

ANIMALIA; MELANOPHORA;

EID: 0030937169     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/386170a0     Document Type: Article

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