Dynactin: Coordinating motors with opposite inclinations

Current Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2003, Pages

  Gross, Steven P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNACTIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL ORGANELLE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; ORGANELLES;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0037447054     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960982203002379     Document Type: Short Survey

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