Actin and tropomyosin isoforms in morphogenesis

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 195, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 311-315

  Gunning, Peter ^a   Weinberger, Ron ^a   Jeffrey, Peter ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cell contractility; Fibroblasts; Microfilaments; Neurons; Tumour growth

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; BETA ACTIN; GROWTH FACTOR; ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; TROPOMYOSIN;

CELL MATURATION; CELL SPREADING; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOSKELETON; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MICROFILAMENT; MORPHOGENESIS; MUSCLE FIBER CONTRACTION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; MICROFILAMENTS; MORPHOGENESIS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEURONS; RNA, MESSENGER; TROPOMYOSIN;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030947148     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004290050050     Document Type: Review

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