Cortical actin filaments form rapidly during photopolarization and are required for the development of calcium gradients in Pelvetia compressa zygotes

Developmental Biology

Volumn 222, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 440-449

  Pu, Rongsun ^a   Wozniak, Michele ^a   Robinson, Kenneth R ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Calcium gradients; Cell polarity; Latrunculin B; Pelvetia compressa

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; LATRUNCULIN B; PHALLOIDIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ALGA; ARTICLE; CELL POLARITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; CYTOSOL; GERMINATION; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZYGOTE;

ALGAE; PELVETIA; SILVETIA COMPRESSA;

EID: 0034660278     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2000.9701     Document Type: Article

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