Two distinct myosin II populations coordinate ovulatory contraction of the myoepithelial sheath in the Caenorhabditis elegans somatic gonad

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1131-1142

  Ono, Kanako ^a   Ono, Shoichiro ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MYOSIN II; MYOSIN III; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; LET-502 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; MLC-4 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; RHO KINASE;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; GONAD; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ANIMAL; FEMALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; FEMALE; GONADS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAINS; OVULATION; RHO-ASSOCIATED KINASES;

EID: 84962394011     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: 19394586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E15-09-0648     Document Type: Article

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