Functions of unconventional myosins

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 42-51

  Wu, Xufeng ^a   Jung, Goeh ^a   Hammer, John A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MYOSIN;

ADAPTATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL TRANSPORT; ENDOCYTOSIS; HAIR CELL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MICROTUBULE; NERVE CELL; PIGMENT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; YEAST;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DYNEIN ATPASE; ENDOCYTOSIS; HAIR CELLS; HUMANS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; MYOSINS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; ORGANELLES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0033969154     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(99)00055-1     Document Type: Review

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