Actin cytoskeleton: The Arp2/3 complex gets to the point

Current Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 18, 1998, Pages

  Zigmond, Sally H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA;

EID: 0032505113     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(07)00415-0     Document Type: Article

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