Cross-linking of actin filaments by myosin II is a major contributor to cortical integrity and cell motility in restrictive environments

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 116, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 3761-3770

  Laevsky, Gary ^a   Knecht, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin cross linking; Chemotaxis; Deformation; Dictyostelium; Folate; Force; Myosin; Under agarose assay

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; AGAROSE; ALPHA ACTININ; FOLIC ACID; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; MYOSIN II; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN MYOSIN INTERACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL MOTION; CHEMOTAXIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DICTYOSTELIUM; EXTRAVASATION; HYPOTHESIS; METASTASIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PSEUDOPODIUM;

ACTININ; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL MOVEMENT; CHEMOTAXIS; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DICTYOSTELIUM; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROFILAMENTS; MUTATION; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAINS; MYOSIN TYPE II; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEPHAROSE;

ANIMALIA; DICTYOSTELIUM;

EID: 0141502119     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.00684     Document Type: Article

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