Reassessing the Role and Dynamics of Nonmuscle Myosin II during Furrow Formation in Early Drosophila Embryos

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 838-850

  Royou, Anne ^a,c   Field, Christine ^b   Sisson, John C ^c   Sullivan, William ^c   Karess, Roger ^a  

^a CENTRE DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; COLCHICINE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MYOSIN; MYOSIN II; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; DROSOPHILA; DYNAMICS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; METAPHASE; MICROFILAMENT; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; COLCHICINE; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE FUSION; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MYOSIN TYPE II;

ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0742270614     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E03-06-0440     Document Type: Article

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