Ca2+-dependent in vitro contractility of a precipitate isolated from an extract of the heliozoon Actinophrys sol

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 57-65

  Arikawa, Mikihiko ^a,b   Saito, Akira ^b,c   Omura, Gen ^b   Khan, S M Mostafa Kamal ^b   Suetomo, Yasutaka ^b   Kakuta, Soichiro ^b   Suzaki, Toshinobu ^b  

^a NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contraction; Heliozoan; Precipitate; Protozoa

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; CALCIUM ION; COLCHICINE; CYTOCHALASIN B; EGTAZIC ACID; GLASS; PROTEIN; CALCIUM; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ACTINOPHRYS SOL; ARTICLE; AXOPODIUM; CELL MOTILITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTRACTILE TUBULE STRUCTURE; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; HELIOZOON; HOMOGENATE; IN VITRO STUDY; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTOZOON; ANIMAL; CELL ORGANELLE; CHEMISTRY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOPODIUM; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACTINOPHRYS SOL; BOVINAE; HELIOZOA; PROTOZOA;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; ORGANELLES; PROTOZOA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; PSEUDOPODIA;

EID: 32544454347     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cm.20106     Document Type: Article

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