Microfilament dynamics during cell movement and chemotaxis monitored using a GFP-actin fusion protein

Current Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 176-183

  Westphal, Monika ^a   Jungbluth, Andreas ^a   Heidecker, Manfred ^a   Mühlbauer, Bettina ^a   Heizer, Christina ^a   Schwartz, Jean Marc ^a   Marriott, Gerard ^a   Gerisch, Günther ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

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EID: 0031104936     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(97)70088-5     Document Type: Article

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