Type II myosin heavy chain encoded by the myo2 gene composes the contractile ring during cytokinesis in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1309-1319

  Kitayama, Chikako ^a,b   Sugimoto, Asako ^a   Yamamoto, Masayuki ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; CYTOKINESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, FUNGAL; HAPLOIDY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; MYOSIN TYPE II; MYOSIN TYPE V; MYOSINS; PHENOTYPE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 0030973306     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.137.6.1309     Document Type: Article

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