The comings and goings of actin: Coupling protrusion and retraction in cell motility

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 5 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 517-523

  Small, J Victor ^a   Resch, Guenter P ^a  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; F ACTIN; MYOSIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; CELL MOTILITY; CORNEA CELL; CYTOPLASM; LAMELLIPODIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW;

EID: 24644441368     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2005.08.004     Document Type: Review

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