Intracellular Motility: Myosin and Tropomyosin in Actin Cable Flow

Current Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Kovar, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MYOSIN II; TROPOMYOSIN;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SHORT SURVEY;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; MOVEMENT; MYOSIN TYPE II; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TROPOMYOSIN;

SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 33947627575     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.02.004     Document Type: Short Survey

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