Identification of two type V myosins in fission yeast, one of which functions in polarized cell growth and moves rapidly in the cell

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1367-1380

  Motegi, F ^a   Arai, R ^a   Mabuchi, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MYOSIN 4; MYOSIN 5; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MUTANT; CELL POLARITY; CELL TRANSPORT; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CODE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NULL CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0034768448     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.12.5.1367     Document Type: Article

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