Actin Polymerization: Riding the Wave

Current Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Smith, Laurie G ^a   Li, Rong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; NCK PROTEIN; ONCOPROTEIN; RAC PROTEIN; WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; METABOLISM; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WISKOTT-ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN FAMILY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1242265771     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(04)00031-4     Document Type: Short Survey

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