Dynamics of filamentous actin organization in the sea urchin egg cortex during early cleavage divisions: Implications for the mechanism of cytokinesis

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 30-42

  Wong, Gene K ^a   Allen, Philip G ^b   Begg, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

actin; confocal microscopy; cortex; cytokinesis; cytoskeleton; development; sea urchin

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA URCHIN;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CYTOCHALASIN D; FERTILIZATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OVUM; SEA URCHINS;

ANIMALIA; ECHINOIDEA; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS PURPURATUS;

EID: 0031012289     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0169(1997)36:1<30::AID-CM3>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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