Three-dimensional patterns and redistribution of myosin II and actin in mitotic Dictyostelium cells

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 139, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1793-1804

  Neujahr, Ralph ^a   Heizer, Christina ^a   Albrecht, Richard ^a   Ecke, Maria ^a   Schwartz, Jean Marc ^a   Weber, Igor ^a   Gerisch, Günther ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN; MYOSIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CYTOKINESIS; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; DICTYOSTELIUM; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MITOSIS; MYOSINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM;

EID: 0031408781     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.139.7.1793     Document Type: Article

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