Introduction and historical perspective

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 644, Issue , 2008, Pages 1-5

  Gunning, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ISOPROTEIN; TROPOMYOSIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; HISTORY; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BIOCHEMISTRY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; TROPOMYOSIN;

EID: 60849088922     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-85766-4_1     Document Type: Article

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