Arp2/3 and 'The Shape of things to come'

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 561-567

  Deeks, Michael J ^a   Hussey, Patrick J ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; FUNGI;

EID: 0345014818     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2003.09.013     Document Type: Review

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