Rho-family GTPases require the Arp2/3 complex to stimulate actin polymerization in Acanthamoeba extracts

Current Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 405-415

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

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033594548     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(99)80187-0     Document Type: Article

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