Two-step positioning of a cleavage furrow by cortexillin and myosin II

Current Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 501-506

  Weber, Igor ^a   Neujahr, Ralph ^a   Du, Aiping ^a   Köhler, Jana ^a   Faix, Jan ^a   Gerisch, Günther ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

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EID: 0034194362     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(00)00452-8     Document Type: Article

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