Dictyostelium cytokinesis: From molecules to mechanics

Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility

Volumn 23, Issue 7-8, 2002, Pages 719-727

  Robinson, Douglas N ^a   Girard, Kristine D ^a   Octtaviani, Edelyn ^a   Reichl, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; CORTEXILLIN I; CORTEXILLIN II; DYNACORTIN; KHELLIN; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MYOSIN II; PROTEIN; RACE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL SHAPE; CYTOKINESIS; DICTYOSTELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOELASTICITY;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; DICTYOSTELIUM; ELASTICITY; MOVEMENT; MYOSIN TYPE II; MYOSINS; VISCOSITY;

DICTYOSTELIUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0042009272     PISSN: 01424319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024419510314     Document Type: Review

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