PIR121 regulates pseudopod dynamics and SCAR activity in Dictyostelium

Current Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 1480-1487

  Blagg, Simone L ^a   Stewart, Michael ^a   Sambles, Christine ^a   Insall, Robert H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DICTYOSTELIUM; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0042921214     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(03)00580-3     Document Type: Article

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