Tail chimeras of Dictyostelium myosin II support cytokinesis and other myosin II activities but not full development

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 115, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 4237-4249

  Shu, Shi ^a   Liu, Xiong ^a   Parent, Carole A ^b   Uyeda, Taro Q P ^c   korn, Edward D ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemotaxis; ConA capping; Cytokinesis; Developement; MyosinII

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (MAGNESIUM); CONCANAVALIN A RECEPTOR; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; MYOSIN II; HYBRID PROTEIN; POLYMER;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMOEBA; CAPPING PHENOMENON; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MATURATION; CELL SUSPENSION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHEMOTAXIS; CHICKEN; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; DICTYOSTELIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INTERPHASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL MOTION; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSKELETON; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; DICTYOSTELIUM; FUNGI; GALLUS GALLUS; PROTOZOA;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALS; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; CHEMOTAXIS; CYTOSKELETON; DICTYOSTELIUM; INTERPHASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYOSIN TYPE II; POLYMERS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECEPTORS, CONCANAVALIN A; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0037113096     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.00112     Document Type: Review

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