Membrane tethering in intracellular transport

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 453-459

  Waters, M Gerard ^a   Pfeffer, Suzanne R ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

CELL JUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL TRANSPORT; CELL VACUOLE; ENDOSOME; GOLGI COMPLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0033179888     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(99)80065-9     Document Type: Article

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