Motor Proteins: Tightening Your Belt with Myosin VI

Current Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 21, 2007, Pages

  Breshears, Laura M ^a   Titus, Margaret A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; MYOSIN VI; VINCULIN;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL JUNCTION; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; SHORT SURVEY;

ADHERENS JUNCTIONS; ANIMALS; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; CELLS, CULTURED; DROSOPHILA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; VINCULIN;

EID: 35549013331     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.09.003     Document Type: Short Survey

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