Bulk cytoplasmic actin and its functions in meiosis and mitosis

Current Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 19, 2011, Pages

  Field, Christine M ^a   Lénárt, Péter ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANIMAL; CELL CYCLE; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MEIOSIS; METABOLISM; MITOSIS; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; STAINING; STARFISH; TISSUE FIXATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; MEIOSIS; MICE; MITOSIS; STAINING AND LABELING; STARFISH; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 80053981518     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.07.043     Document Type: Review

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