Fission yeast myosin-II isoforms assemble into contractile rings at distinct times during mitosis

Current Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 397-400

  Bezanilla, Magdalena ^a,b   Wilson, Jeanne M ^c   Pollard, Thomas D ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0034611688     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(00)00420-6     Document Type: Article

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