During multicellular migration, myosin II serves a structural role independent of its motor function

Developmental Biology

Volumn 232, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 255-264

  Xu, Xiaoxin Susan ^a   Lee, Eunkyung ^a   Chen, Tung ling ^c   Kuczmarski, Edward ^b   Chisholm, Rex L ^c   Knecht, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Cortex; Dictyostelium; Essential light chain; Motility; Myosin; Regulatory light chain

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; MYOSIN II; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; DICTYOSTELIUM; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DICTYOSTELIUM;

EID: 0035313171     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2000.0132     Document Type: Article

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