Cytokinesis mediated through the recruitment of cortexillins into the cleavage furrow

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 586-594

  Weber, Igor ^a   Gerisch, Günther ^a   Heizer, Christina ^a   Murphy, John ^a   Badelt, Kim ^a   Stock, Alexander ^a   Schwartz, Jean Marc ^a   Faix, Jan ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cleavage furrow; Cortexillin; Cytokinesis; Dictyostelium; Protein targeting

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; CORTEXILLIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CYTOKINESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TARGETING; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CONCANAVALIN A; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DICTYOSTELIUM; DNA PRIMERS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MUTATION; MYOSINS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

DICTYOSTELIUM;

EID: 0033081026     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.3.586     Document Type: Article

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