Reorganization of actin cytoskeleton at the growing end of the cleavage furrow of Xenopus egg during cytokinesis

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 401-412

  Noguchi, Tatsuhiko ^a   Mabuchi, Issei ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actin; Cleavage furrow; Contractile ring; Cytokinesis; Myosin; Xenopus egg

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; AGGLUTININ; CONTRACTILE PROTEIN; F ACTIN; G ACTIN; MYOSIN; PHALLOIDIN; RHODAMINE;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOSKELETON; FEMALE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LASER MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECORDING; STAINING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; WHEAT GERM; XENOPUS;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CYTOSKELETON; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROFILAMENTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MYOSINS; OOCYTES; RHODAMINES; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0035124103     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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