Myosin II-independent cytokinesis in Dictyostelium: Its mechanism and implications

Cell Structure and Function

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-10

  Uyeda, Taro Q P ^a   Kitayama, Chikako ^a   Yumura, Shigehiko ^b  

^a NATL INST FOR ADV INTERDISC RES   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attachment assisted mitotic cleavage; Cytofission; Cytokinesis A; Cytokinesis B; Cytokinesis C

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL MUTANT; CELL SUSPENSION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOLYSIS; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TELOPHASE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; DICTYOSTELIUM; MITOSIS; MYOSINS;

ACRASIDA; ANIMALIA; DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA;

EID: 0034031040     PISSN: 03867196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1247/csf.25.1     Document Type: Review

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