Myosin cooperates with microtubule motors during organelle transport in melanophores

Current Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 161-164

  Rogers, Stephen L ^a   Gelfand, Vladimir I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 0032576778     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(98)70063-6     Document Type: Article

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