Structure and function of the Arp2/3 complex

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 244-249

  Mullins, R Dyche ^a   Pollard, Thomas D ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN FILAMENT; CROSS LINKING; CYTOSKELETON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033117823     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(99)80034-7     Document Type: Article

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