Myosin drives retrograde F-actin flow in neuronal growth cones

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 183-185

  Lin, C H ^b   Espreafico, E M ^c   Mooseker, M S ^a   Forscher, P ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NONE

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EID: 0031080592     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1542600     Document Type: Conference Paper

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