Scar1 and the related Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein, WASP, regulate the actin cytoskeleton through the Arp2/3 complex

Current Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 25, 1998, Pages 1347-1356

  Machesky, Laura M ^a,b   Insall, Robert H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0032585538     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(98)00015-3     Document Type: Article

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