Activation of the yeast Arp2/3 complex by Bee1p, a WASP-family protein

Current Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 501-505

  Winter, Dirk ^a   Lechler, Terry ^a   Li, Rong ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 0033528995     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(99)80218-8     Document Type: Article

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