Cortexillin I is required for development in Polysphondylium

Developmental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 414-424

  Fey, Petra ^a   Cox, Edward C ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotaxis; Cytokinesis; Cytoskeleton; F actin; Morphogenesis; Slime molds

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; CORTEXILLIN I; CORTEXILLIN II; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMOEBA; ARTICLE; CHEMOTAXIS; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOSKELETON; GENE MUTATION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DICTYOSTELIUM; INVERTEBRATA; MYXOGASTRIA; POLYSPHONDYLIUM;

EID: 0033566606     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9353     Document Type: Article

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