Cytokinesis in Tetrahymena: Determination of division plane and organization of contractile ring

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 127-135

  Numata, Osamu ^a   Gonda, Kohsuke ^a   Watanabe, Atsushi ^a   Kurasawa, Yasuhiro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actin; Ca2+; Calmodulin; EF 1 ; Fimbrin; p85

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; CAMS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS;

ACTIN; CA 2+; COLOCALIZE; CONTRACTILE RING; EF-1Α; F-ACTIN; FIMBRIN; LOCALISED; P85; TETRAHYMENA;

CALMODULIN;

CALCIUM; CALMODULIN; ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA; F ACTIN; N (6 AMINOHEXYL) 5 CHLORO 1 NAPHTHALENESULFONAMIDE; PROTEIN P85;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CROSS LINKING; CYTOKINESIS; GENE SEQUENCE; MICROFILAMENT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TETRAHYMENA;

PROTOZOA; TETRAHYMENA;

EID: 0034656214     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(20000415)49:2<127::AID-JEMT4>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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