Dictyostelium myosin IK is involved in the maintenance of cortical tension and affects motility and phagocytosis

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 621-633

  Schwarz, Eva C ^a   Neuhaus, Eva M ^a   Kistler, Claudia ^a   Henkel, Andreas W ^a   Soldati, Thierry ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actin cortex; Cortical tension; Dictyostelium discoideum; Motility; Myosin; Phagocytosis

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MYOSIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TENSION;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; CYTOSKELETON; DICTYOSTELIUM; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MUTAGENESIS; MYOSIN TYPE I; MYOSINS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034092820     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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