Dynamic Actin Patterns and Arp2/3 Assembly at the Substrate-Attached Surface of Motile Cells

Current Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-10

  Bretschneider, Till ^a   Diez, Stefan ^b   Anderson, Kurt ^b   Heuser, John ^c   Clarke, Margaret ^d   Müller Taubenberger, Annette ^a   Köhler, Jana ^a   Gerisch, Günther ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DICTYOSTELIUM;

EID: 0346335806     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2003.12.005     Document Type: Article

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