Myosins and cell dynamics in cellular slime molds

International Review of Cytology

Volumn 224, Issue , 2003, Pages 173-225

  Yumura, Shigehiko ^a   Uyeda, Taro Q P ^b  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Cell movement; Cortical flow; Cytokinesis; Dictyostelium; Myosin

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR MOTOR; MYOSIN; MYOSIN II;

CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTION; CELL SHAPE; CYTOKINESIS; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SARCOMERE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ACRASIDA; DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; MYXOGASTRIA;

EID: 0038414694     PISSN: 00747696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7696(05)24005-6     Document Type: Review

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