Molecular genetic approaches to understanding the actin cytoskeleton

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 142-151

  Sutherland, James D ^a   Witke, Walter ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY EMBL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SECRETION; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOSKELETON; DICTYOSTELIUM; DROSOPHILA; DYNAMICS; ENDOCYTOSIS; GENE TARGETING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; YEAST;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DICTYOSTELIUM;

EID: 0032966239     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(99)80018-0     Document Type: Article

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