Myosin genes in Tetrahymena

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 237-243

  Williams, Selwyn A ^a   Gavin, Ray H ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Cytokinesis; FERM; Motility; MyTH4

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR; MYOSIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL MOTILITY; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOKINESIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; REVIEW; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CHICKENS; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MYOSINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TETRAHYMENA;

TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 23044479435     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cm.20078     Document Type: Review

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