GFP-moesin illuminates actin cytoskeleton dynamics in living tissue and demonstrates cell shape changes during morphogenesis in Drosophila

Developmental Biology

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 103-117

  Edwards, Kevin A ^a,b   Demsky, Maddy ^a   Montague, Ruth A ^a   Weymouth, Nate ^a   Kiehart, Daniel P ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; EZRIN; MOESIN; RADIXIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL SHAPE; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 0031281917     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1997.8707     Document Type: Article

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