Possible involvement of calmodulin in apical constriction of neuroepithelial cells and elevation of neural folds in the chick
- 1 September 1985
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
- Vol. 41 (9) , 1186-1188
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01951721
Abstract
Chlorpromazine and trifluoperazine HCl, antipsychotic drugs known to bind to calmodulin, reversibly inhibited elevation of neural folds by interfering with the contractile activity of apical microfilament bundles in developing chick neuroepithelial cells.Keywords
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