Essential functions of ezrin in maintenance of cell shape and lamellipodial extension in normal and transformed fibroblasts

Current Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 682-688

  Lamb, Richard F ^a   Ozanne, Bradford W ^a   Roy, Christian ^b   McGarry, Lynn ^a   Stipp, Christopher ^c   Mangeat, Paul ^b   Jay, Daniel G ^c  

^a BEATSON INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031240066     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(06)00295-8     Document Type: Article

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