Actin polymerization: Forcing flat faces forward

Current Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2004, Pages

  Upadhyaya, Arpita ^a   Van Oudenaarden, Alexander ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 2942722776     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.06.010     Document Type: Review

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