Symmetry breaking in reconstituted actin cortices

eLife

Volumn 2014, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Abu Shah, Enas ^a   Keren, Kinneret ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALPHA ACTININ; FILAMIN; MYOSIN;

ACTIN CORTEX; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CELL COMPONENT; CELL DIVISION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CROSS LINKING; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO; NETWORK CONNECTIVITY; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; SYMMETRY BREAKING; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84899888780     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.01433.001     Document Type: Article

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