Gliding motility: The molecules behind the motion

Current Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Heintzelman, Matthew B ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 0037458087     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)01428-8     Document Type: Review

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