Cytoskeletal linkers: New MAPs for old destinations

Current Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 22, 1999, Pages

  Houseweart, Megan K ^a   Cleveland, Don W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CYTOSKELETON; LINK PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE; NEUROFILAMENT;

EID: 0033581916     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(00)80048-2     Document Type: Article

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