Functional design in the actin cytoskeleton

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 54-60

  Small, J Victor ^a   Rottner, Klemens ^a   Kaverina, Irina ^a  

^a Institute of Molecular Biology Salzburg   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; CELL MOTILITY; CELL POLARITY; CELL SHAPE; CYTOSKELETON; MICROTUBULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW;

EID: 0033004571     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(99)80007-6     Document Type: Article

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