Control of actin dynamics

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-51

  Carlier, Marie France ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D ENZYMOLOGIE ET BIOCHIMIE STRUCTURALES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; COFILIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; CELL MOTION; CELL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLYMERIZATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ANIMALIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032006817     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(98)80085-9     Document Type: Article

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