Formin Leaky Cap Allows Elongation in the Presence of Tight Capping Proteins

Current Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 1820-1823

  Zigmond, Sally H ^a   Evangelists, Marie ^b   Boone, Charles ^b,c   Yang, Changsong ^a   Dar, Arvin C ^d   Sicheri, Frank ^c   Forkey, Joe ^a   Pring, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0142136092     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2003.09.057     Document Type: Article

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