Actin dynamics in vivo

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 54-61

  Welch, Matthew D ^a   Mallavarapu, Aneil ^a   Rosenblatt, Jody ^a   Mitchison, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MYOSIN;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; CELL MOTILITY; DEPOLYMERIZATION; LAMELLIPODIUM; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031048487     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(97)80152-4     Document Type: Article

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