A possible role for actin dots in the formation of the contractile ring in the ultra-micro alga Cyanidium caldarium RK-1

Protoplasma

Volumn 202, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 91-104

  Takahashi, H ^a   Takano, H ^a   Kuroiwa, H ^b   Itoh, R ^a   Toda, K ^a   Kawano, S ^a   Kuroiwa, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KYORITSU WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actin; Contractile ring; Cyanidium caldarium RK 1; Cytokinesis; Immunoelectron microscopy; Indirect immunofluorescence microscopy

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTERPHASE; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CYANIDIUM CALDARIUM; EUKARYOTA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 0031832454     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01280878     Document Type: Article

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