How does Myosin II localize within a Dictyostelium cell ?

Journal of Plant Research

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 501-510

  Yumura, Shigehiko ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcium ion; cAMP; cGMP; Chemotaxis; Cytokinesis; Cytoskeleton

Indexed keywords

DICTYOSTELIUM;

EID: 0031351937     PISSN: 09189440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02506812     Document Type: Article

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