Functional cooperation between the microtubule and actin cytoskeletons

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 63-71

  Goode, Bruce L ^a   Drubin, David G ^a   Barnes, Georjana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; DYNACTIN; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; KHELLIN; METHENAMINE; PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; CELL MIGRATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL TRANSPORT; COOPERATION; CYTOSKELETON; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0033953888     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(99)00058-7     Document Type: Review

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