Formation and function of the polar body contractile ring in Spisula

Developmental Biology

Volumn 269, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 421-432

  Pielak, Rafal M ^b   Gaysinskaya, Valeriya A ^b   Cohen, William D ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aster; Blebbistatin; Contractile ring; F actin; Latrunculin; Microtubules; Nocodazole; Polar body; Spisula; Taxol

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHALASIN D; F ACTIN; LATRUNCULIN B; NOCODAZOLE; PACLITAXEL;

ANAPHASE; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; CYTOKINESIS; METAPHASE; MICROTUBULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE POLE BODY; SPISULA;

ASTER; SPISULA;

EID: 1942521613     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2004.01.033     Document Type: Article

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