The Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein directs actin-based motility by stimulating actin nucleation with the Arp2/3 complex

Current Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 555-558

  Yarar, Defne ^a   Wayne, To ^b   Arie, Abo ^b   Welch, Matthew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ONYX PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0033587188     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(99)80243-7     Document Type: Article

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