Developmental changes in the spatial expression of genes involved in myosin function in Dictyostelium

Developmental Biology

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 114-119

  Maeda, Mineko ^a   Kuwayama, Hidekazu ^a   Yokoyama, Masako ^a   Nishio, Keiko ^a   Morio, Takahiro ^b   Urushihara, Hideko ^b   Katoh, Mariko ^b   Tanaka, Yoshimasa ^b   Saito, Tamao ^c   Ochiai, Hiroshi ^c   Takemoto, Keiko ^d   Yasukawa, Hiroo ^e   Takeuchi, Ikuo ^f  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^f NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dictyostelium; In situ hybridization; Myosin heavy chain II; Myosin heavy chain kinase; Myosin light chain; Myosin light chain kinase; Upper cup

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN KINASE;

ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENT; DICTYOSTELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

DICTYOSTELIUM;

EID: 0034235966     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2000.9736     Document Type: Article

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