Myosin II can be localized to the cleavage furrow and to the posterior region of Dictyostelium amoebae without control by phosphorylation of myosin heavy and light chains

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 313-322

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

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATL INST FOR ADV INTERDISC RES   (Japan)

Author keywords

cell motility; cellular slime mold; chemotaxis; cytokinesis; cytoskeleton

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; MYOSIN II; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; CHEMOTAXIS; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; CHEMOTAXIS; DICTYOSTELIUM; HOMEOSTASIS; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MUTATION; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAINS; MYOSINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; S PHASE;

ACRASIDA; DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; MYXOGASTRIA;

EID: 0030989551     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0169(1997)36:4<313::AID-CM2>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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