Cell-type-specific rescue of myosin function during Dictyostelium development defines two distinct cell movements required for culmination

Development

Volumn 125, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 3895-3903

  Chen, Tung Ling L ^a   Wolf, Wendy A ^a   Chisholm, Rex L ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell movement; Culmination; Dictyostelium; GFP; Green fluorescent protein; Myosin

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MYOSIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN;

ARTICLE; CELL MOTION; CELL MUTANT; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; DICTYOSTELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ANIMALS; CHEMOTAXIS; CYCLIC AMP; DICTYOSTELIUM; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MOVEMENT; MUTATION; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAINS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PROTOZOAN; SPORES;

DICTYOSTELIUM;

EID: 0031767842     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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