The growing family of myosin motors and their role in neurons and sensory cells

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 615-623

  Hasson, Tama ^a   Mooseker, Mark S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN;

BIOCHEMISTRY; GENETICS; INNER EAR; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

EID: 0030780919     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(97)80080-3     Document Type: Article

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