Actin filaments and microtubules play different roles during bristle elongation in Drosophila

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1255-1265

  Tilney, Lewis G ^a   Connelly, Patricia S ^a   Vranich, Kelly A ^a   Shaw, Michael K ^a   Guild, Gregory M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Bristle; Bundle assembly; Drosophila; Regulation

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; CYTOCHALASIN D; JASPAMIDE; LATRUNCULIN A; NOCODAZOLE; PACLITAXEL; VINBLASTINE;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; CYTOPLASM; DEVELOPMENT; DROSOPHILA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOCHALASIN D; CYTOPLASM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EPITHELIAL CELLS; MICROTUBULES; PUPA; THORAX;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0034014656     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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