Chemotaxis: Cofilin in the Driver's Seat

Current Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 24, 2006, Pages

  Hitchcock DeGregori, Sarah E ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN DEPOLYMERIZING FACTOR; CHEMOTACTIC FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; LIM KINASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PROTEIN KINASE;

ANIMAL; BREAST TUMOR; CHEMOTAXIS; METABOLISM; METASTASIS; MICROFILAMENT; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY;

ACTIN DEPOLYMERIZING FACTORS; ACTINS; ANIMALS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS; CHEMOTAXIS; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; MICROFILAMENTS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PROTEIN KINASES;

EID: 33845453838     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.11.011     Document Type: Short Survey

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