Mechanism and size cutoff for steric exclusion from actin-rich cytoplasmic domains

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1228-1234

  Janson, Lee W ^a   Ragsdale, Keith ^a   Luby Phelps, Katherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; MICROFILAMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; TISSUE CULTURE;

EID: 0029761756     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79367-0     Document Type: Article

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