A role for myosin VII in dynamic cell adhesion

Current Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 318-329

  Tuxworth, Richard I ^a   Weber, Igor ^b   Wessels, Deborah ^c   Addicks, Gregory C ^a   Soll, David R ^c   Gerisch, Günther ^b   Titus, Margaret A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DICTYOSTELIUM; PSEUDOPODA;

EID: 0035814897     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(01)00097-5     Document Type: Article

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