Cytoskeletal networks and filament bundles: Regulation by proteins and polycations

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 334-336

  Janmey, Paul A ^a   Käs, Josef ^a   Shah, Jagesh V ^a   Allen, Philip G ^a   Tang, Jay X ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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EID: 0344074571     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1543105     Document Type: Conference Paper

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