Cell shape, motility and distribution of F-actin in amoebae of the mycetozoans Protostelium mycophaga and Acrasis rosea. A comparison with Dictyostelium discoideum

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 396-408

  Zuppinger, Christian ^a,b   Roos, Urs Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acrasis rosea; Amoeboid movement; Dictyostelium discoideum; F actin; Protostelium mycophaga

Indexed keywords

ACRASIDA; ACRASIS; ACRASIS ROSEA; DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; EUKARYOTA; MYCETOZOA; MYXOGASTRIA; PROTISTA; PROTOSTELIUM; PROTOSTELIUM MYCOPHAGA; UROPODA;

EID: 0031576668     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0932-4739(97)80051-X     Document Type: Article

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