Concentration of singly phosphorylated myosin II regulatory light chain along the cleavage furrow of dividing HeLa cells

Biomedical Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 111-115

  Murata Hori, Maki ^a   Murai, Norio ^a   Komatsu, Satoshi ^b   Uji, Yoshie ^a   Hosoya, Hiroshi ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN KINASE;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CYTOKINESIS; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; METAPHASE;

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0031976355     PISSN: 03886107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2220/biomedres.19.111     Document Type: Article

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