Molecular mechanism of myosin-II assembly at the division site in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1813-1825

  Motegi, Fumio ^a   Nakano, Kentaro ^a   Mabuchi, Issei ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actin; Contractile ring; Cytokinesis; Myosin II; Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 4; F ACTIN; LATRUNCULIN A; MYOSIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL DIVISION; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

ACTINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; F-BOX PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MITOSIS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; MYOSIN TYPE II; MYOSIN TYPE V; MYOSINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; SOLUBILITY; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES;

SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0034105221     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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