Rho-binding kinase (LET-502) and myosin phosphatase (MEL-11) regulate cytokinesis in the early Caenorhabditis elegans embryo

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 115, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2271-2282

  Piekny, Alisa J ^a   Mains, Paul E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Contraction; Cytokinesis; Myosin phosphatase; Rho binding kinase

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; GENE PRODUCT; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN; METHENAMINE; MYOSIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; PHOSPHATASE; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CYK 1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; CYK-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; HELMINTH PROTEIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; RHO KINASE; RHO-ASSOCIATED KINASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; EMBRYO; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC EPISTASIS; MUSCLE FIBER CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CELL MOTION; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIVISION; CELL MOVEMENT; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MUTATION; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAINS; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MYOSIN-LIGHT-CHAIN PHOSPHATASE;

EID: 0036591960     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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