Actomyosin-dependent cortical dynamics contributes to the prophase force-balance in the Early Drosophila embryo

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Sommi, Patrizia ^a   Cheerambathur, Dhanya ^b   Brust Mascher, Ingrid ^c   Mogilner, Alex ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; ACTIN; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; AMIDE; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; ENZYME INHIBITOR; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; MYOSIN II; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; SCED PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ARTICLE; BLASTODERM; CENTROSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME INHIBITION; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PROPHASE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SPINDLE POLE BODY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE;

ACTOMYOSIN; AMIDES; ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; DYNEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENZYME INHIBITORS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOSIN TYPE II; PROPHASE; PYRIDINES;

EID: 79953656768     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018366     Document Type: Article

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